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Magnétisme, somnambulisme, sympathie
Maine de Biran is best known as the philosopher of effort and will, concepts on which he grounded his definition of consciousness and personality. Yet, Biran also delved into the exploration of another dimension of human existence, one independent of ...
Alessandra Aloisi
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Mesmerism was built in newspapers and in response to newspapers. Never before probably had an issue of public health been discussed with so much verbal violence. Whom henceforth was recognized medical authority?
Claire Gantet
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Somnambulism - a rare cause of a serious accident. Case report
Somnambulism is usually seen as a mild state, associated with sleep disorders, excessive daytime sleepiness, tiredness, mental disorders and reduced quality of life. It is potentially a life-threatening condition.
Karolina Rożenek +4 more
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The objective of this article is to provide a comprehensive personal survey of all the major parasomnias with coverage of their clinical presentation, investigation, physiopathogenesis and treatment.
Roger J. Broughton
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Forensic considerations on violent parasomnias during lifespan [PDF]
Nocturnal parasomnias are a group of sleep complex manifestation that don't alter the sleep macrostructure, but when persistent during adulthood may be assume violent aspects with relevant forensic implications about the ...
Cerroni F. +23 more
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Hero-Somnambulist in V. V. Nabokov’s Novel “Transparent Things”
The article is devoted to the study of the features of the hero-somnambulist in V. V. Nabokov’s novel “Transparent Things” and the specifics of the writer’s appeal to the theme of magnetism and somnambulism in his works.
E. G. Nikolayeva
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On Attention, or Getting Out of Automation
This paper explores the intimate connections that exist between the psychological phenomena of internal attention and mental automatism. The article does not regard attention as a psychological process made up of cognitive components, rather it takes ...
Pietro Salemme
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A Shelter from Luck: The Morality System Reconstructed [PDF]
Far from being indiscriminately critical of the ideas he associated with the morality system, Bernard Williams offered vindicatory explanations of its crucial building blocks, such as the moral/non-moral distinction, the idea of obligation, the voluntary/
Queloz, Matthieu
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Legal mobilization and anti‐fluoridation campaigning in post‐war Britain
Abstract The fluoridation of public water supplies to improve dental health is often cited as an example of an ‘intractable controversy’ in public health, reflecting deeply held principles about rights and the public sphere. This article examines legal mobilization to prevent fluoridation in Britain, from the first pilot studies in the mid‐1950s ...
JANET WESTON
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Médecine, expertise et genre : l’« affaire Castellan »
In 1784 and again in 1837, established Medicine excluded both animal magnetism (mesmerism) and artificial somnambulism (hypnosis) from its common practice.
Nicole Edelman
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