Brain Roads. Visions and Representations of Neuroplasticity

Seeing the invisible. Seeing the brain, its anatomy, its functional pathways, its plasticity. Non-invasive methods of observing and describing the brain (such as MRI, functional MRI, tractography, connectome mapping…) deploy varied and autonomous graphic languages, turning each type of image into a small universe with its own rules and modes of reading.

The BRAIN ROADS project explores two hypotheses. The first is that a new graphic language can better align representations with observed reality and the concepts that describe brain plasticity. The second is that a commitment to graphic coherence between representational universes derived from medical imagery may enable these images to better cohabit within tools for exploring and visualizing the brain’s digital twin.

This symposium aims to gain a better understanding of the role of images, and to analyze their modalities and limits after observing their use in situ, in order to better understand neuroplasticity, propose new graphic forms, and open up an interdisciplinary conversation on their future.

The symposium is organized by Patricia Ribault and Olaf Avenati. Moreover, Lucius Fekonja and Thomas Picht are among the participants.

More information, also about the previous field workshop in the neurosurgery department at CHU de Reims, can be found on the website of ésad de Reims.