From Photography to fMRI : Epistemic Functions of Images in Medical Research on Hysteria / / Paula Muhr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910592288503321
• Autore: Muhr Paula
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2022; Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 3-8394-6176-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (614 p.)
• Collana: Image ; ; 209
• Classificazione: YR 1600-YR 3799
• Disciplina: 616.804754
• Soggetti: ART / Criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Epistemic Functions of Images in Charcot’s Neurophysiological Research on Hysteria -- 1 Epistemic Functions of Images in Charcot's Neurophysiological Research on Hysteria: Introduction -- 1.1 Nosographic Stage: From Charcot’s Early Lectures on Hysteria to Photography-Driven Mapping of the Hysterical Attack -- 1.2 Hypnotic Experiments: Image-Based Search for the Neurophysiological Basis of Hysteria -- 1.3 From Diagnosis to Pathogenesis and Treatment: Visualising Sensorimotor Deficits in Cases of Traumatic Hysterical Paralysis -- 2 From Disappearance to Reappearance of Image-Based Hysteria Research -- 2 From Disappearance to Reappearance of Image-Based Hysteria Research: Introduction -- 2.1 Gradual Dismissal of Images as Epistemic Tools From Hysteria Research -- 2.2 The Putative Disappearance of Somatic Manifestations of Hysteria -- 2.3 The Reappearance of Image-Based Hysteria Research -- 2.4 Current Neurological Reconceptualisation of Hysteria through fMRI Research -- 3 Using fMRI as an Investigation Tool in Hysteria Research -- 3 Using fMRI as an Investigation Tool in Hysteria Research: Introduction -- 3.1 Experimental Setup: Creating the Measurability of Hysterical Symptoms -- 3.2 Measurement: Translating the Active Brain into Imaging Data -- 3.3 Preprocessing: Constituting the Analysability of fMRI Data -- 3.4 Statistical Analysis: Articulating the Task-Induced Neural Activity of ; Interest -- 3.5 Visualising Functional Brain Maps: Ascribing the Symbolic Meaning -- 4 fMRI-Based Exploratory Search for the Neural Basis of Hysterical Symptoms -- 4 fMRI-Based Exploratory Search for the Neural Basis of Hysterical Symptoms: Introduction -- 4.1 Examining Hysteria’s Relationship to Malingering and Hypnosis -- 4.2 Probing the Neural Mechanisms behind the Patients’ Subjective Experiences of Their Symptoms -- 4.3 Imaging Hysteria Patients’ Aberrant Neural Processing of Experimentally Induced Emotional States -- 4.4 Identifying Symptom-Related Alterations in the Intrinsic Dynamic Organisation of Hysteria Patients’ Brains -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits
• Sommario/riassunto: Hysteria, a mysterious disease known since antiquity, is said to have ceased to exist. Challenging this commonly held view, this is the first cross-disciplinary study to examine the current functional neuroimaging research into hysteria and compare it to the 19th-century image-based research into the same disorder. Paula Muhr's central argument is that, both in the 19th-century and current neurobiological research on hysteria, images have enabled researchers to generate new medical insights. Through detailed case studies, Muhr traces how different images, from photography to functional brain scans, have reshaped the historically situated medical understanding of this disorder that defies the mind-body dualism.