Instrumental Intimacy
eeg wearables and neuroscientific control
$110.56
- Hardcover
176 pages
- Release Date
14 March 2018
Summary
A critical examination of the rise of wearable EEG monitors.
From Fitbits to GPS trackers, wearables promise to help us understand and improve ourselves in quantified ways. We count our steps, track our location, and even monitor our brain waves as we strive to achieve better fitness, clearer direction, or a more focused mind. But why do we rely on wearables to learn about ourselves? In Instrumental Intimacy, Melissa M. Littlefield questions our desire for mechanistic guidance by exa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421424651 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1421424657 |
| Author: | Melissa M. Littlefield |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 14 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 17mm |
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About The Author
Melissa M. Littlefield
Melissa M. Littlefield is an associate professor of English and an associate professor of kinesiology and community health at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of The Lying Brain: Lie Detection in Science and Science Fiction and the coeditor of The Neuroscientific Turn: Transdisciplinarity in the Age of the Brain.
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