Berlin Brains: How does our brain perceive the outside world?

In the 1950s, neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield and neuropsychologist Brenda Milner discovered that weak electrical stimulation of brain tissue elicited complex sensory impressions in their patients. Penfield used the technique in the operating room, combined with photography, to map his patients' brain tissue. But the method opened up new possibilities.

Wolf-Julian Neumann and Alessia Cavallo from the Department of Neurology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin use this historical brain stimulation data to better understand brain function and develop new therapies for people with Parkinson's. In their lecture, they present fascinating insights into our brain's activity under electrical stimulation and report on the new opportunities created by the unprecedented precision of modern neurotechnologies.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
A lecture at the interface of anatomy and function, art and science.