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Critical Neuroscience: A Handbook of the Social and Cultural Contexts of Neuroscience

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2011
ISBN
1444333283, 9781444333282
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2713847 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
408\416
Time added
2013-12-31 20:33:58

Description

Critical Neuroscience brings together multi-disciplinary scholars from around the world to explore key social, historical and philosophical studies of neuroscience, and to analyze the socio-cultural implications of recent advances in the field. Original, interdisciplinary approach explores the creative potential for engaging experimental neuroscience with social studies of neuroscienceFurthers the dialogue between neuroscience and the disciplines of the social sciences and humanitiesTranscends traditional scepticism, introducing novel ideas about ‘how to be critical’ in and about scienceFeatures contributions from eminent scholars including Steven Rose, Joseph Dumit, Laurence Kirmayer, Shaun Gallagher, Fernando Vidal, Allan Young and Joan Chiao

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