From brain transplantation to managing neural information

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Films produced since the 1970s avoid surgery in favor of manipulating brain contents via microelectronic procedures for inserting, copying, transferring, selling, buying, controlling, implanting, or deleting “embrained” information.


Memory transfers are functional equivalents of brain transplantations: Saying that A has B’s memories is the same as saying that A has B’s brain, and giving A’s memories to B generally implies relocating some kind of brain substance. The cerebral self is mostly memorial, and the memorial self is necessarily cerebral.

Vidal, Fernando and Ortega, Francisco. Being Brains: Making the Cerebral Subject (Forms of Living)....

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01/01/1931 (Circa)FrankensteinFrankenstein
05/12/1931The New York Times' review of FrankensteinThe New York Times' review of Frankenstein
01/01/1935 (Circa)Bride of FrankensteinBride of Frankenstein
01/01/1942 (Circa)Ghost of FrankensteinGhost of Frankenstein
01/01/1974 (Circa)Young FrankensteinYoung Frankenstein
01/01/1969 (Circa)Frankenstein Must Be DestroyedFrankenstein Must Be Destroyed
01/01/1970 (Circa)01/01/2019 (Circa)From brain transplantation to managing neural information
01/01/1990 (Circa)Heart ConditionHeart Condition
01/01/1999 (Circa)HeartHeart
01/01/1969 (Circa)La Horripilante Bestia HumanaLa Horripilante Bestia Humana
01/01/1924 (Circa)01/01/1960 (Circa)Movie adaptations of Orlac's HandsMovie adaptations of Orlac's Hands
01/01/1962 (Circa)01/01/1964 (Circa)The Addams FamilyThe Addams Family
01/01/1946 (Circa)The Beast with Five FingersThe Beast with Five Fingers
01/01/1965 (Circa)Dr. Terror’s House of HorrorsDr. Terror’s House of Horrors
01/01/1981 (Circa)The HandThe Hand
01/01/1991 (Circa)Body PartsBody Parts
01/01/1959 (Circa)The Brain That Wouldn't DieThe Brain That Wouldn't Die
01/01/1984 (Circa)Professor Dowell's TestamentProfessor Dowell's Testament
01/01/1996 (Circa)Cold LazarusCold Lazarus
01/01/1940 (Circa)01/01/1970 (Circa)Ectobrains in B-moviesEctobrains in B-movies
01/01/1936 (Circa)The Man Who Changed His MindThe Man Who Changed His Mind
01/01/1969 (Circa)Change of MindChange of Mind
01/01/1971 (Circa)L'homme au cerveau grefféL'homme au cerveau greffé
01/01/1980 (Circa)Memory moviesMemory movies
01/01/1962 (Circa)The Manchurian CandidateThe Manchurian Candidate
01/01/1990 (Circa)Total RecallTotal Recall
01/01/2006 (Circa)Magdalena's BrainMagdalena's Brain
01/01/1998 (Circa)Dark CityDark City
01/01/1982 (Circa)Blade RunnerBlade Runner
01/01/1995 (Circa)Johnny MnemonicJohnny Mnemonic
01/01/1995 (Circa)Strange DaysStrange Days
01/01/1932Remembering, by Frederic BartlettRemembering, by Frederic Bartlett
01/01/2004 (Circa)Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
01/01/2003 (Circa)PaycheckPaycheck
01/01/1977 (Circa)Flashbulb Memories, by Brown and KulikFlashbulb Memories, by Brown and Kulik
21/02/2013Speak, Memory by Oliver SacksSpeak, Memory by Oliver Sacks