Kafka, paranoic doubles and the brain: hypnagogic vs. hyper-reflexive models of disrupted self in neuropsychiatric disorders and anomalous conscious states
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Kafka's writings are frequently interpreted as representing the historical period of modernism in which he was writing. Little attention has been paid, however, to the possibility that his writings may reflect neural mechanisms in the processing of self duri...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-08-01
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Series: | Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine |
Online Access: | http://www.peh-med.com/content/5/1/13 |