How to map the brain

• Autores: Sara Reardon, Bob Holmes
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2908, 2013, pág. 20
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Reardon and Holmes discuss how to track the brain's activity in real time. One approach already off the ground is the Human Brain Project, which aims to create a computer simulation to understand the brain. But good simulations need good data, which is where the proposed Brain Activity Map (BAM) project comes in. If it gets funding, the project--which aims to track the brain's real-time activity, neuron by neuron--could lead to advances in artificial intelligence systems. Current methods to monitor the firing of individual neurons involve opening the skull and sticking electrodes in.