The subject at rest : novel conceptualizations of self and brain from cognitive neuroscience's study of the 'resting state'
Callard, Felicity and Margulies, D.S. (2011) The subject at rest : novel conceptualizations of self and brain from cognitive neuroscience's study of the 'resting state'. Subjectivity 4 (3), pp. 227-257. ISSN 1755-6341.
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Abstract
The neuroscientific field of ‘resting state’ research has been described as heralding a paradigm shift in functional neuroimaging. As this new field has been central to the development of a cognitive neuroscientific theory of inner mental life, we here map and analyse its emergence and potential implications for conceptualizations of brain, self and subjectivity within and beyond the neurosciences. The article traces how the ‘resting state’ and ‘default mode’ became visible as objects of scientific enquiry through the yoking together of what were initially separate research endeavours addressing different neurophysiological and neuropsychological questions. In the process, ‘rest’ – as signifying the cessation of movement or labour – has been transformed: the brain, inner mental life – and potentially the self – are conceptualized by researchers in this field as perpetually productive and oriented towards the future
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Default mode, fMRI, Neuroimaging, Science and technology studies. |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Social Research, Birkbeck Institute for (BISR) |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2012 09:35 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:37 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/20418 |
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