Objectifying “Pain” in the Modern Neurosciences: A Historical Account of the Visualization Technologies Used in the Development of an “Algesiogenic Pathology”, 1850 to 2000

Objectifying “Pain” in the Modern Neurosciences: A Historical Account of the Visualization Technologies Used in the Development of an “Algesiogenic Pathology”, 1850 to 2000

Particularly with the fundamental works of the Leipzig school of experimental psychophysiology (between the 1850s and 1880s), the modern neurosciences witnessed an increasing interest in attempts to objectify “pain” as a bodily signal and physiological value. This development has led to refined psyc...

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Main Author: Frank W. Stahnisch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-11-01
Series:Brain Sciences
Subjects:
pain
history of medicine
Leipzig
Montreal
New York
nineteenth century
precursors to functional neuroimaging of pain
twentieth century
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/5/4/521

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