La plasticité cérébrale de Cajal à Kandel : Cheminement d'une notion constitutive du sujet cérébral

Mendelzweig, Marion Droz

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“…At this point, it is worth recalling that brain plasticity has not always been taken for granted as a neuroscientific fact, or even a fact of any kind for that matter: the notion as we understand it has come a long way -from nineteenth-century psychology to histology to anatomopathology to the so-called new brain sciencesand has involved a significant degree of translation work and persuasion to attract and hold the interest of scientists, as well as new visual technologies to evidence the reality of the notion (Droz Mendelzweig, 2010;Rubin, 2009). The idea that the human brain is plastic, not only malleable, but also capable of generating new neurons from early embryonic development till death, is a recent achievement that can be dated to the '90s.…”

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Neuroscience and Critique

2015

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Recent years have seen a rapid growth in neuroscientific research, and an expansion beyond basic research to incorporate elements of the arts, humanities and social sciences. Some have suggested that the neurosciences will bring about major transformations in the understanding of our selves, our culture and our society. Ongoing debates within psychology, philosophy and literature about the implications of these developments within the neurosciences, and the emerging fields of educational neuroscience, neuroeconomics and neuro-aesthetics also bear witness to a "neurological turn" which is currently taking place.Neuroscience and Critique is a groundbreaking edited collection that reflects on the impact of neuroscience in contemporary social science and the humanities. It is the first book to consider possibilities for a critique of the theories, practices and implications of contemporary neuroscience. Bringing together leading scholars from several disciplines, the contributors draw upon a range of perspectives, including cognitive neuroscience, critical philosophy, psychoanalysis and feminism, and also critically examine several key ideas in contemporary neuroscience, including:

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2015

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Critical Studies of the Sexed Brain: A Critique of What and for Whom?

Kraus

2011

Neuroethics

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The NeuroGenderings project is reminiscent of an interdisciplinary program called Critical Neuroscience. But the steps towards a feminist/queer Critical Neuroscience are complicated by the problematic ways in which critical neuroscientists conceive of their critical practices. They suggest that we work and talk across disciplines as if neuroscientists were from Mars and social scientists from Venus, assigning the latter to the traditional feminine role of assuaging conflict. This article argues that brain science studies scholars need to clarify how we want to frame our critical practices-a critique of what and for whom?-and promote interdisciplinarity. The challenge is to articulate a critical stance that could not be collapsed into the all-encompassing claims of neuroscience, Critical Neuroscience included. I suggest we shift focus: from enhanced communication to the study of controversies (but also non-controversies, failed controversies, etc.) and conflicts. I explore the productiveness of this shift through two examples: the non-controversial notion of brain plasticity, and the controversial question of whether gender identity formation in intersex people is a function of their brain or their genitals. "Socializing" neuroscience with insights from gender and science studies is good; highlighting the conflicting dimensions of social life in the same gesture is even better.

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Processus irréversibles en psychanalyse

Zytnicki

2018

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La plasticité cérébrale de Cajal à Kandel : Cheminement d'une notion constitutive du sujet cérébral

Cited by 7 publications

References 14 publications

Neuroscience and Critique

Neuroscience and Critique

Critical Studies of the Sexed Brain: A Critique of What and for Whom?

Processus irréversibles en psychanalyse

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