From August 2nd to October 2nd, the Museum of Tomorrow will present the photo exhibition "Sport and Brain – The Expansion of the Body through Technology," which discusses the human brain's incredible ability to incorporate artificial tools as if they were real limbs. The photographs will be on display in the Time Gallery, located on the second floor of the Museum.

Leading up to the Paralympic Games, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro starting in September, the public can see photographs of Brazilian para-athletes in action. Sports such as rugby, wheelchair basketball, track and field, and adapted bocce are portrayed in the images, unraveling some of the mysteries surrounding the most dynamic human organ.

Another objective of the exhibition is to spark a broad and necessary debate about inclusion in Brazil, a country that, according to the Census, has 45 million people with some type of disability.

How is it possible for the brain to still feel a limb, even if it's been removed? Can our neurons incorporate a wheelchair as if it were part of our body? Will we see super athletes competing with able-bodied people in the future, when the use of prosthetics by para-athletes becomes more widespread? These are questions that scientists are trying to answer, and that are gradually being elucidated.

The exhibition "Sport and Brain – The Expansion of the Body through Technology" is supported by the Brazilian Paralympic Committee and the MPIX agency. The scientific content was consulted by neuroscientist Cláudia Domingues Vargas of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).