num_pages: 304
description: Including a chapter by 2014 Nobel laureates May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser An unprecedented look at the quest to unravel the mysteries of the human brain The Future of the Brain takes readers to the absolute frontiers of science. Original essays by leading researchers such as Christof Koch George Church Olaf Sporns and May-Britt and Edvard Moser describe the spectacular technological advances that will enable us to map the more than eighty-five billion neurons in the brain as well as the challenges that lie ahead in understanding the anticipated deluge of data and the prospects for building working simulations of the human brain. A must-read for anyone trying to understand ambitious new research programs such as the Obama administration's BRAIN Initiative and the European Union's Human Brain Project The Future of the Brain sheds light on the breathtaking implications of brain science for medicine psychiatry and even human consciousness itself. Contributors Misha Ahrens Ned Block Matteo Carandini George Church John Donoghue Chris Eliasmith Simon Fisher Mike Hawrylycz Sean Hill Christof Koch Leah Krubitzer Michel Maharbiz Kevin Mitchell Edvard Moser May-Britt Moser David Poeppel Krishna Shenoy Olaf Sporns Anthony Zador.
language: English
title: The Future of the Brain: Essays by the World's Leading Neuroscientists
publisher: Princeton University Press