Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 251 pages)
,
illustrations (some color)
ISBN:
9780691236629
,
0691236623
Series Statement:
In-formation series
Content:
Ch. 1.Introduction --Ch. 2.Metaphors, Histories, and Visions of PET --Ch. 3.Producing Brain Images of Mind --Ch. 4.Ways of Seeing Brains as Expert Images --Ch. 5.Traveling Images, Popularizing Brains --Ch. 6.Conclusion: Here Is a PET Image of a Person that Shows Depression.
Content:
"By showing us the human brain at work, PET (positron emission tomography) scans are subtly--and sometimes not so subtly--transforming how we think about our minds. This book follows this remarkable and expensive technology from the laboratory into the world and back. It examines how PET scans are created and how they are being called on to answer myriad questions with far-reaching implications"
Content:
"Based on interviews, media analysis, and participant observation at research labs and conferences, then author analyzes how assumptions designed into and read out of the experimental process reinforce specific notions about human nature. Such assumptions can enter the process at any turn, from selecting subjects and mathematical models to deciding which images to publish and how to color them. Once they leave the laboratory, PET scans shape social debates, influence courtroom outcomes, and have positive and negative consequences for people suffering mental illness. The author follows this complex story, demonstrating how brain scans, as scientific objects, contribute to our increasing social dependence on scientific authority".--BOOKJACKET
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-233) and indexes
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691113975
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Dumit, Joseph Picturing personhood Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press, ©2004
Language:
English
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