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By showing us the human brain at work, PET (positron emission tomography) scans are subtly--and sometimes not so subtly--transforming how we think about our minds. Picturing Personhood follows this remarkable and expensive technology from the laboratory into the world and back. It examines how PET scans are created and how they are being called on to answer myriad questions with far-reaching implications: Is depression an observable brain disease? Are criminals insane? Do men and women think differently? Is rationality a function of the brain?

Based on interviews, media analysis, and participant observation at research labs and conferences, Joseph Dumit analyzes how assumptions designed into and read out of the experimental process reinforce specific notions about human nature. Such assumptions can enter the process at any turn, from selecting subjects and mathematical models to deciding which images to publish and how to color them. Once they leave the laboratory, PET scans shape social debates, influence courtroom outcomes, and have positive and negative consequences for people suffering mental illness. Dumit follows this complex story, demonstrating how brain scans, as scientific objects, contribute to our increasing social dependence on scientific authority.

The first book to examine the cultural ramifications of brain-imaging technology, Picturing Personhood is an unprecedented study that will influence both cultural studies and the growing field of science and technology studies.

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This digital document is an article from Clinical Psychiatry News, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2005. The length of the article is 852 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Head scans for first-break psychosis.(EVIDENCE-BASED PSYCHIATRIC MEDICINE)
Author: Jan Leard-Hansson
Publication:Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 33 Issue: 7 Page: 28(1)

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This digital document is an article from Clinical Psychiatry News, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2007. The length of the article is 453 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Brain injuries difficult to diagnose in U.S. troops.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)
Author: Kristina R. Anderson
Publication:Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 35 Issue: 7 Page: 38(1)

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This digital document is an article from Saturday Evening Post, published by Saturday Evening Post Society on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1781 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: New strategy for diagnosing bipolar disorder: can diagnostic brain scans help identify patients with bipolar disorder? Interview with Dr. John D. Port.
Author: Patrick Perry
Publication:Saturday Evening Post (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: Saturday Evening Post Society
Volume: 277 Issue: 2 Page: 64(4)

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This digital document is an article from Internal Medicine News, published by Thomson Gale on February 1, 2005. The length of the article is 637 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: MRI equals CT for acute brain hemorrhage.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
Author: Christine Kilgore
Publication:Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 38 Issue: 3 Page: 69(1)

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This digital document is an article from Internal Medicine News, published by International Medical News Group on May 1, 2004. The length of the article is 695 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: MRI and PET scans: imaging may spot risk of Alzheimer's.(Focus on Geriatric Mental Health)
Author: Nancy A. Melville
Publication:Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 37 Issue: 9 Page: 46(1)

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The emerging information technologies have given rise to new human patterns in terms of both physiological and psychological interactions. Human Algorithms aim to model human forms, interactions, and dynamics in this new context. They are becoming increasingly comprehensive and inexpensive for use in real-world designs: inside monitors, connected to networks, and under human skin. This book aims to reflect the state-of-the-art of Digital Human Modeling, specifically emergent Human Algorithms. It constitutes a survey of innovative ideas aimed at a wide range of readers, including college students, researchers, engineers, designers, scientists, managers, and healthcare professionals. The 11 chapters are divided into three parts: Human Dynamics, Virtual Humans and Human Forms..
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