Interdisciplinarity and Digital Tools in the Development of Brain Mapping and Functional Imaging, 1980–1990

Brain mapping is said to have opened up the possibility of a new collaboration between the sciences of mind and the sciences of the brain, potentially leading to a new kind of scientist, sometimes called ‘‘cognitive neuroscientist.’ ’ This article traces the recent history of brain mapping and analyzes the processes that have led to a new ‘‘close working relationship’’ between the sciences of mind and brain. A key part of the working relationship is shown to be constituted through the development of the Talairach system, a digital space in which to measure structure and function. The development of meaningful brain mapping data involves the creation of measurement spaces that allow interdisciplinary collaboration and is not th