Mind reading?
Textual Practice April 3, 2025 DOI: 10.1080/0950236x.2025.2488218 (opens in new tab) via Semantic Scholar
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractThe history of telepathy is intertwined with the media history of thought transfer, where technologies have shaped the concepts used in psychology, neurology, literature, and psychoanalysis.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Historical analysis Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Psychology History |
| Key finding | Argues that technologies of thought transfer have influenced the conceptual inventory of psychology, neurology, literature, and psychoanalysis. |
Abstract
ABSTRACT Parallel to the history of the occult medium of telepathy, there is a media history of thought transfer, across various technologies that in turn influence the conceptual inventory of psychology and neurology, literature and psychoanalysis.