ISHN—International Society for the History of the Neurosciences, and Cheiron—International Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences… Read more Report on the Joint Conference of ISHN and Cheiron (Calgary, June 2011)
Month: June 2011
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Revision of the DSM
The journal Personality and Mental Health features a special issue entitled “The Revision of DSM – Intended and Unintended Consequences:… Read more Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Revision of the DSM
Call for Papers – Graphic Medicine: Visualizing the Stigma of Illness. Comics Forum, Leeds Art Gallery. November 17, 2011
This one-day interdisciplinary conference aims to explore medical narrative in graphic novels and comics with an emphasis on the stigma of illness,… Read more Call for Papers – Graphic Medicine: Visualizing the Stigma of Illness. Comics Forum, Leeds Art Gallery. November 17, 2011
Neuroscience, Free Will, and a New Wave in Criminal Law?
The Atlantic features an article by neuroscientist David Eagleman (Baylor College of Medicine, USA) entitled “The Brain on Trial.” In… Read more Neuroscience, Free Will, and a New Wave in Criminal Law?
Shyness: Evolutionary Tactic?
An Opinion Piece in today’s NY Times on Shyness and DSM by Susan Cain argues that shyness has evolutionary advantages… Read more Shyness: Evolutionary Tactic?
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