This book accompanies an exhibition on the brain and its relation to the inner world of the self, which is scheduled to open in October 2002 at the Cit des Sciences de la Villette, in Paris. Today, the brain has ceased to be regarded as existing in isolation in the human body. It is now considered in relation to its sensory, emotional and cultural environment. Recent research has opened new avenues to help us understand the pathologies of the brain...