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Kafka, paranoic doubles and the brain: hypnagogic vs. hyper-reflexive models of disrupted self in neuropsychiatric disorders and anomalous conscious states

Here’s a fascinating article via a Prague-based (Charles University) neuroscientist and psychologist correspondent of mine Petr Bob. The article of course presupposes familiarity with Kafka’s writings and diaries. Here’s an excerpt from the article – the full article is freely available: What relevance do the neurobiological studies have to Kafka’s writings? Kafka deliberately scheduled his…