Acido, ergo sum: Holger Hydén – the neuroscientist in Cortázar's Hopscotch

The fictional Italian author Morelli is throughout the novel “Hopscotch” (1963) Julio Cortázar's alter ego. This character proposes an unoriginal literary hypothesis in chapter 62. There is an allusion to a particular Swedish that ‘is working on a chemical theory of thought.’ The Swedish neuros...

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Main Authors: Guillermo Delgado, Bruno Estanol
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2013-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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description The fictional Italian author Morelli is throughout the novel “Hopscotch” (1963) Julio Cortázar's alter ego. This character proposes an unoriginal literary hypothesis in chapter 62. There is an allusion to a particular Swedish that ‘is working on a chemical theory of thought.’ The Swedish neuroscientist under analysis is Holger Hydén (1917-2000), by then professor and chairman of the Department of Histology at the University of Göteborg. Hydén, who was the first to work in neurobiological micromethods, is mentioned by Morelli due to his participation in a symposium held at the end of January 1961, in San Francisco. His pioneering work will never be completely forgotten, because Hydén's neuroscientific legacy lives and will live in Cortázar's “Hopscotch”.
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Acido, ergo sum: Holger Hydén – the neuroscientist in Cortázar's Hopscotch
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
neurociencias
biografia
Suecia
medicina na literatura
Argentina
title Acido, ergo sum: Holger Hydén – the neuroscientist in Cortázar's Hopscotch
title_full Acido, ergo sum: Holger Hydén – the neuroscientist in Cortázar's Hopscotch
title_fullStr Acido, ergo sum: Holger Hydén – the neuroscientist in Cortázar's Hopscotch
title_full_unstemmed Acido, ergo sum: Holger Hydén – the neuroscientist in Cortázar's Hopscotch
title_short Acido, ergo sum: Holger Hydén – the neuroscientist in Cortázar's Hopscotch
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topic neurociencias
biografia
Suecia
medicina na literatura
Argentina
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