"Neurosciences and Neuroethics: Free and Ethical Minds"

by Hervé Chneiweiss, ALVIK éditions, March 9, 2006.

"The activity of our brain is life itself—both individual and societal. The brain is the organ through which the world gains meaning for us. Every behavior we display reflects a brain function. Mind, consciousness, and thought are facets of cerebral activity, just as much as running, smiling, learning, or suffering. Conversely, disturbances in emotions, thought, or perceptual and motor functions characterize psychiatric and neurological diseases, resulting from functional or organic brain lesions. What laws bind the anatomy and physiology of the brain to actions like perceiving or acting? This boundary—perhaps the ultimate frontier—of human self-knowledge is one of the major stakes of science."