Taking care of one's brain: How manipulating the brain changes people's selves

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-126

  Brenninkmeijer, Jonna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain; Brain devices; Self; Self enhancement; Technologies of the self

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EGO; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF HELP;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIOMEDICAL ENHANCEMENT; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; EGO; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; LIFE STYLE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-HELP DEVICES;

EID: 77649297104     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: 1461720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695109352824     Document Type: Article

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