Recording the brain at work: The visible, the readable, and the invisible in electroencephalography

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-379

  Borck, Cornelius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain theory; Electroencephalography; Epistemology of neuroscience; Graphic method; Information coding; Machine thinking; Visual thinking; Visualization of brain waves

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OSCILLATION; REVIEW;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 48949118143     PISSN: 0964704X     EISSN: 17445213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647040701348332     Document Type: Review

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