Neuromania

On the limits of brain science

Paolo Legrenzi and Carlo Umilta
Frances Anderson

• A critical and sober appraisal of neuroimaging, showing how the biased and unquestioning use of brain imaging technology could have significant cultural effects for all of us.
• Whilst not diminishing the great advances made within neuroscience, this short and accessible book is a much needed critique of science and society's obsession with all things to do with the brain
• Written by an experienced psychologist and neuropsychologist

Neuromania

On the limits of brain science

Paolo Legrenzi and Carlo Umilta
Frances Anderson

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Neuromania

On the limits of brain science

Paolo Legrenzi and Carlo Umilta
Frances Anderson

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Neuromania

On the limits of brain science

Paolo Legrenzi and Carlo Umilta
Frances Anderson

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Neuromania

On the limits of brain science

Paolo Legrenzi and Carlo Umilta
Frances Anderson

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Neuromania

By Paolo Legrenzi and Carlo Umlit¡ Increasingly often, the press offers explanations of human behaviour by drawings, photographs, and graphic descriptions of sections of the brain which show that part of our grey matter that is activated when we think about something or plan an action. We are told that how we behave depends on the functioning of certain neurons. We hear about new disciplines such as neuroeconomics, neuroaesthetics, neuroethics, neuropolitics, neuromarketing, and even neurotheology (over 20,000 results on Google!).

Posted on June 2, 2011

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