The new phrenology -- The double brain -- "To sleep, perchance to dream" -- Bad vibrations : music on the brain -- Victorian explorations of psychoactive drugs -- LSD redux : hallucinogens -- The poppy's curse : opiates -- You are what you eat : gut and brain -- "The heinous sin" : Viagra -- What's your type? : typologies -- Detoxing the brain -- The "rest cure" revisited.
Summary:
"This book explores topics on the brain, psychoactive drugs, and a variety of human behaviors and experiences taking into consideration the importance of historical roots of neuroscience. It looks particularly at the importance of the Victorian era in the development of theories of the nervous system, which are still visible in today's discourse on brain and behavior"--Provided by publisher.
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