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The Living Brain Project: Upending decades of neuroscience

In the world of medical research, few journeys feel as personal and urgent as that of Dr. Alexander W. Charney. His career began with curiosity, but patient care reshaped it into a mission. A recent ...
Time

The Brain in 3D: New Model Details the Human Brain Down to its Cells

Researchers use a special tool called a microtome to cut sections from a brain preserved in paraffin wax into tiny slivers 20-micromters thick.Image courtesy of Amunts, Ziles, Evans, et. al BigBrain, ...
Time

Brain Map: President Obama Proposes First Detailed Guide of Human Brain Function

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 12, 2013. REUTERS/Pool (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT) - RTR3DPOF To navigate ...
Medical Xpress

Key to human intelligence lies in how brain networks work together, neuroimaging study suggests

To test this claim, the cognitive neuroscientists analyzed brain imaging and cognitive data from one of the largest studies conducted to date, examining 831 adults in the Human Connectome Project, ...
Forbes

To Build Stronger AI, We Need To Better Understand The Human Brain

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the big picture of artificial intelligence. The brain is unimaginably complex. Google and Harvard recently announced ...