title: [The brain and its representations in early modern Europe].
abstract: The history of the representations of the brain is broadly the history of the brain itself, since observations and ideas which concern it are closely linked, and are even depending on each other. These representations are images, but are also materials produced by manipulating, cutting, fixing the brain; they are also the descriptions of these objects. The interpretations, structured by the representations, ultimately organize the knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Centre Alexandre-Koyré, CNRS-École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 27 Rue Damesme, 75013 Paris, France. rafael.mandressi@damesme.cnrs.fr
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mandressi
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D003243:Consciousness / Q000502:physiology; D005060:Europe; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern / Q000266:history; D008488:Medical Illustration / Q000266:history*; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D008959:Models, Neurological; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009445:Neuroanatomy / Q000266:history*; D009482:Neurophysiology / Q000266:history*; D010684:Philosophy / Q000266:history; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology