简介:Hunting for Hedonia explores how the burgeoning technology of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) will impact human identity and our sense of self. DBS is a revolutionary tool in neuroscience and as a treatment it is crossing over from movement co..
Hunting for Hedonia explores how the burgeoning technology of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) will impact human identity and our sense of self. DBS is a revolutionary tool in neuroscience and as a treatment it is crossing over from movement control in Parkinson's to alleviating mental illness. Trials are underway in depression, OCD, PTSD and eating disorders. In addition, DBS has a fascinating forgotten history. In 1950, psychiatrist Robert Heath was the first to implant electrodes deep in the brain of a human and in the ensuing years he treated more than 70 patients in his deep brain stimulation program at Tulane University. Heath wanted to cure schizophrenia, but expanded his method to be used to treat depression, chronic pain and even aggression. His method was to stimulate the brain's pleasure as he explored pleasure as part of the psychological healing process. But his focus on pleasure got him in trouble and erased him from scientific memory. Hunting for Hedonia contrasts history ...展开
乌苏拉·科尔维罗,纳瓦·尼姆利,米格尔·安赫尔·西尔维斯特,阿尔瓦罗·莫奇,阿尔巴·弗洛雷斯,埃丝特·阿塞博,伊西娅尔·伊图诺,佩德罗·阿隆索,米盖尔·赫尔南,海因米·洛伦特,贝伦·奎斯塔,恩里克·阿尔切,霍威克·库区科利安,达尔科.佩里克,罗德里戈·德拉·塞尔纳,帕特里克·克里亚多,卢卡·佩洛斯,费尔南多·卡约,阿尔维托·阿玛里利亚,José Manuel Seda
Hunting for Hedonia explores how the burgeoning technology of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) will impact human identity and our sense of self. DBS is a revolutionary tool in neuroscience and as a treatment it is crossing over from movement control in Parkinson's to alleviating mental illness. Trials are underway in depression OCD PTSD and eating disorders. In addition DBS has ...