
Explaining how the human brain works is ambitious. Throughout the history of literature, those who undertake the expedition through the conduits of the mind sooner or later encounter enigmas. It was these gaps that motivated Mexican neuroscientist Mario de La Piedra Walter to study how psychological conditions defined the lives and work of famous artists in “Genius Minds – How Artists’ Brains Work” (trans. Silvia Massimini Felix, However, 256 pages, R$89.90).