?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Through+A+Scanner+Darkly%3A+Neuropsychology+and+psychosis+in+Philip+K.+Dick's+novel+%22A+Scanner+Darkly%22&rft.creator=Bell%2C+V&rft.subject=Clinical+Psychology&rft.description=Partly+motivated+by+his+increasing+brushes+with+psychosis%2C+by+the+early+1970s+the+science+fiction+author+Philip+K.+Dick+was+struggling+with+increasing+doubts+over+the+nature+of+reality+and+personal+identity.+Perhaps+unsurprisingly%2C+characters+with+unstable+worlds+and+existential+doubts+are+a+familiar+focus+of+his+work.+Dick+was+interested+in+more+than+just+description+however%2C+and+often+used+his+novels+to+explore+personal+theories+of+existence.+During+his+research%2C+he+discovered+the+work+of+Roger+Sperry%2C+who+had+rocked+the+foundations+of+neuroscience+by+discovering+that+when+separated%2C+the+hemispheres+of+the+brain+seemed%2C+at+least+to+some+degree%2C+independently+conscious.+Worried+about+his+own+perception+of+reality%2C+Dick+considered+that+this+could+explain+his+increasing+feelings+of+alienation+and+self-detachment.+These+reflections+resulted+in+A+Scanner+Darkly%2C+a+partly+autobiographical+near-future+novel+that+remains+an+incisive+commentary+on+society%2C+psychosis+and+the+brain.&rft.date=2006-08&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5021%2F1%2FVaughanBell_ThroughAScannerDarkly.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bell%2C+V++(2006)+Through+A+Scanner+Darkly%3A+Neuropsychology+and+psychosis+in+Philip+K.+Dick's+novel+%22A+Scanner+Darkly%22.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5021%2F