Cerebral automatism, the brain, and the soul in Bram Stoker's Dracula

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-152

  Stiles, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpenter; Cerebral automatism; Ferrier; Huxley; Literature; Neurology; Stoker; Vampires

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATISM; BRAIN; FREEDOM; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGIST; NEUROLOGY; REFLEX; RELIGION; REVIEW; SLEEP WALKING; SOUL; THEORY; VAMPIRE;

AUTOMATISM; BRAIN; FOLKLORE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; MYTHOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; NEUROSCIENCES; SUPERSTITIONS;

EID: 33646228184     PISSN: 0964704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647040500360140     Document Type: Review

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