In Pursuit of a Mind Map, Slice by Slice

[Alex]

In Pursuit of a Mind Map, Slice by Slice
December 27, 2010
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/science/28brain.html

...The field, at a very nascent stage, is called connectomics, and the neuroscientists pursuing it compare their work to early efforts in genetics. What they are doing, these scientists say, is akin to trying to crack the human genome — only this time around, they want to find how memories, personality traits and skills are stored.

They want to find a connectome, or the mental makeup of a person.  ...

...the Human Connectome Project...

...Gary S. Lynch, a well-known brain researcher at the University of California, Irvine. "...the most profound and fun questions that drew everyone to neuroscience in the first place: what is thought, consciousness?"

A connectome...would literally show how people are wired...



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