The prospect of manipulating thought and behavior with machines has captured human imaginations for decades, but recent conceptual and technological advancements in brain sciences are turning science fiction into genuine medical reality for the millions suffering from brain disorders. ELECTRIC MIND is a filmic journey into the heads and hearts of four people suffering from debilitating brain disorders: Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Epilepsy and Dystonia.

Epilepsies - Pulsations March 2011 Between chronic illness and cure. In March, the GUH health magazine was devoted to epilepsy. Known since ancient times, this neurological disease attacks the brain and manifests itself in crises of varying intensity, depending on the degree of the condition. The programme looks at epilepsy in children, teenagers and adults. While 80% of epileptic patients are stabilised using medication, 20% fail to respond to treatment. Of this latter group, 5-10% may benefit from surgical intervention.

The prospect of manipulating thought and behavior with machines has captured human imaginations for decades, but recent conceptual and technological advancements in brain sciences are turning science fiction into genuine medical reality for the millions suffering from brain disorders. ELECTRIC MIND is a filmic journey into the heads and hearts of four people suffering from debilitating brain disorders: Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Epilepsy and Dystonia.

The two hemispheres of the brain manage distinct tasks. This was reported more than a century ago by observing patients affected by brain damages. Today, thanks to the Functional MRI or functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the working of the brain can be finely investigated and analyzed on healthy volunteers. In the laboratory Ci-naps (Center of Imaging - Neurosciences and Applications to Pathologies), many experiments are realized in order to obtain a cartography of the functioning of our brain.