Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: The Brain

  • The brain is wider than the sky: integrating insights of neuroscience with Hatha Yoga

    Michael McColly Chicago, Illinois, United States The Brain — is wider than the Sky — For — put them side by side — The one the other will contain With ease — and You — beside — Emily Dickenson The age of neuroscience has arrived. Go to a bookstore, turn on a TV, open a…

  • The brain

    Jorge LazareffLos Angeles, California, United States I saw the painting at the warehouses at 50 Moganshan Road, which have been transformed into a sui-generis art district. The layout of the place allows for a chaotic meandering, from a wide space with art on the walls and solicitous employees standing by screen desktops, to a maze…

  • Alcmaeon of Croton, philosopher physician

    Steph MagowanRoyal Holloway, University of London Alcmaeon of Croton remains one of the lesser known Presocratic writers, not only because of the sparse nature of his extant work but also because of his fragmentary treatment in modern scholarship. He is mentioned in passing but rarely fully examined, often even excluded entirely in work dealing with…