Seeing the Mind in the Matter: Functional Brain Imaging as Framed Visual Argument

Argumentation and Advocacy

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 175-188

  Gibbons, Michelle G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain imaging; framing; scientific argument; scientific images; visual argument

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873469349     PISSN: 10511431     EISSN: 25768476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028533.2007.11821673     Document Type: Article

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