Between local cultures and national styles: Units of analysis in the history of electroencephalography

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 329, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 450-459

  Borck, Cornelius ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

EEG; Electroencephalography; Historiography of the neurosciences; National styles; Research cultures; Research schools

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; HISTORY; MEDICINE; RESEARCH WORK;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRANCE; GERMANY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLICATION; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; BRAIN; HISTORY; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33746899377     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2006.03.015     Document Type: Article

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