# Can We Shape Brain Development to Avert Mental Illness by Linda Wilbrecht > “How can we sculpt how individual brains develop to avert mental illness?” > **— Linda Wilbrecht**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Linda Wilbrecht](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27736) — Linda Wilbrecht's question in the 2018 Annual Question collection, posed rather than asserted as a conclusion. The Edge response page is the publication record for this exact question. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2018-013). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Article:** [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Neural Plasticity|Neural Plasticity]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “How can we sculpt how individual brains develop to avert mental illness?” — Linda Wilbrecht, 2018 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-linda-wilbrecht-we-shape-brain-development-avert ```