'How do you know unless you look?': Brain imaging, biopower and practical neuroscience

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 147-161

  Johnson, Davi ^a  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopower; Brain imaging; Neuro science

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESTYLE; LINGUISTICS; NEUROSCIENCE; NOMENCLATURE;

BRAIN MAPPING; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIFE STYLE; NEUROSCIENCES; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VOCABULARY;

EID: 48449101163     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10912-008-9062-4     Document Type: Article

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