The most interesting films of this sort involve individuals of the same species. Whether we say that A is the brain donor or the body recipient and B the brain recipient or the body donor, the outcome of the operation is a person with the external appearance and (except for the brain) the internal anatomy of B but with the life history and psychological features of A—essentially, therefore, according to the movies, A in or with B’s body. The plots then focus on the consequences of the surgery, which range from the hybrid’s desire for revenge to the choice of a new life in the guise of B; they may also touch on the resurgence in A of personality features originally belonging to B.
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Inspired by the homonymous book by Fernando Vidal and Francisco Ortega, this timespace presents the authors' genealogy of the cerebral subject and the influence of the neurological discourse in human sciences, mental health and culture.