The human brain project.

• Autores: Henry Markram
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 306, Nº. 6, 2012, págs. 50-55
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article explores how digital simulation of the human brain could transform neuroscience and medicine, revealing novel ways for developing more powerful computers. The author argues that reductionist biology in which the brain, its neural circuitry, and molecules are examined individually has helped explain some of the workings of the brain, but that a combination of reducing and constructing is necessary to gain a fuller understanding of brain physiology. An overview of how computer simulation can create digital brains that both represent the inner workings of a single neuron or whole brain and act as a substitution in research investigating autism is presented. INSETS: Deconstructing the Brain;More Computer = More Brain.