Brainwaves

A Cultural History of Electroencephalography

Cornelius Borck, Ann Hentschel

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English

Routledge
12 December 2019

Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Society & culture: general; Sociology; History of medicine; History of science

Series: Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945

In the history of brain research, the prospect of visualizing brain processes has continually awakened great expectations. In this study, Cornelius Borck focuses on a recording technique developed by the German physiologist Hans Berger to register electric brain currents; a technique that was expected to allow the brain to write in its own language, and which would reveal the way the brain worked. Borck traces the numerous contradictory interpretations of electroencephalography, from Berger’s experiments and his publication of the first human EEG in 1929, to its international proliferation and consolidation as a clinical diagnostic method in the mid-twentieth century. Borck's thesis is that the language of the brain takes on specific contours depending on the local investigative cultures, from whose conflicting views emerged a new scientific object: the electric brain.

By: Cornelius Borck
Translated by: Ann Hentschel
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367881498
ISBN 10: 0367881497
Series: Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945
Pages: 334
Publication Date: 12 December 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction - Brain Waves Then and Now 1. Electrifying Brain Images 2. Hans Berger’s Long Path to the EEG 3. Electrotechniques of the Live Mind 4. Terra nova: Contexts of Electroencephalographic Explorations 5. Set to and Survey Much! 6. Designing, Tinkering, Thinking Conclusion - Plea for an Open Epistemology

Cornelius Borck is Professor of History, Theory and Ethics of Medicine and Science and Director of the Institute of History of Medicine and Science Studies at the University of Luebeck, Germany.