The changing brain: a journey through the evolution of man and technology

The human brain has never been the same for more than a generation: it changes with us, with what we create, with the tools we use.

From the first chipped stones to artificial intelligence, the mind has evolved in symbiosis with technology: every tool we invent changes the way we remember, learn and live.

Today, in a world where machines think with us, it is no longer a question of defending the boundaries of humanity, but of understanding how we are becoming something new.

Martina Ardizzi is a neuroscientist and researcher at the Department of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Parma, where she conducts national and international research projects on the neurobiological basis of the plasticity of body representation in physical and technological space. After obtaining her PhD in Neuroscience in 2015, she conducted research at several foreign universities, including Assam University (India), the University of Essex (United Kingdom) and the Berlin School of Mind and Brain (Germany), and was a visiting professor at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Argentina). She is a member of the Centre for Bioethics at the University of Parma, sits on the scientific committee of the Turin Biennale and is a trustee of the Imminent Translated's Research Centre. Author of numerous publications in international peer-reviewed scientific journals, in 2025 she wrote L'algoritmo bipede (The Bipedal Algorithm) for EGEA.