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Blue Brain project

January 5th, 2010

The Blue Brain Project is an attempt to reverse engineer the brain, to explore how it functions and to serve as a tool for neuroscientists and medical researchers. The project is hosted at the Ecole Polytechnique’s Brain Mind Institute in Lausanne. Professor Henry Markam is the project director. He has announced that his team will [...]

When older people can no longer remember names at a cocktail party, they tend to think that their brainpower is declining. But a growing number of studies suggest that this assumption is often wrong. The new edition of a neurology book, “Progress in Brain Research.”, analyzes new studies which provide evidence that the aging brain [...]

Brain amazes me. It is the most complex organ. I find the study of brain fascinating. One of the amazing things of the brain is its ability to create patterns. The proof that the brain can create patterns is given by Pavlov’s experiments. The dog was receiving its food at the sound of a bell. [...]

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