Neuroscience in science fiction films / Sharon Packer, M.D.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781476618005 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Neuroscience in science fiction films.DDC classification:
  • 791.43/615 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.S26 P34 2015eb
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Contents:
Introduction: Iron man, "extremis" and analysis -- Neuroscience fiction film in post-psychoanalytic society -- Movies and the mind (and the rebirth of the brain) -- The legacy of 19th century literature -- Automatons, androids, replicants and robocops -- Human-ape brain exchanges, Darwinian debates and the "monkey gland man" -- Sputnik, space aliens and brains from outer space -- Science fiction in social problems films -- Brain drains, brain chips and brain machines -- Flashbacks, flash-forwards and flash drives -- Memory, mentation and medication: before birth and after Alzheimer's -- Dream scenes: from silent cinema to Salvador Dali to CGI -- Video games, virtual reality and "reality testing" -- Drugs, dystopias and utopias -- Computers, consciousness and control -- Conclusion: Hive minds, herds and Jung's collective unconscious.
Summary: "As the gap between science fiction and science fact has narrowed, films that were intended as pure fantasy at the time of their premier have taken on deeper meaning. Examining the parallel histories of psychiatry, neuroscience and cinema, this book shows how science fiction films offer insightful commentary on the scientific and philosophical developments of their times"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Iron man, "extremis" and analysis -- Neuroscience fiction film in post-psychoanalytic society -- Movies and the mind (and the rebirth of the brain) -- The legacy of 19th century literature -- Automatons, androids, replicants and robocops -- Human-ape brain exchanges, Darwinian debates and the "monkey gland man" -- Sputnik, space aliens and brains from outer space -- Science fiction in social problems films -- Brain drains, brain chips and brain machines -- Flashbacks, flash-forwards and flash drives -- Memory, mentation and medication: before birth and after Alzheimer's -- Dream scenes: from silent cinema to Salvador Dali to CGI -- Video games, virtual reality and "reality testing" -- Drugs, dystopias and utopias -- Computers, consciousness and control -- Conclusion: Hive minds, herds and Jung's collective unconscious.

"As the gap between science fiction and science fact has narrowed, films that were intended as pure fantasy at the time of their premier have taken on deeper meaning. Examining the parallel histories of psychiatry, neuroscience and cinema, this book shows how science fiction films offer insightful commentary on the scientific and philosophical developments of their times"-- Provided by publisher.

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