BrainMap is a working prototype that presents brain images from hundreds of experiments. Researchers contribute their findings via Internet, the global computer network. Dr. Lancaster developed BrainMap with Peter T. Fox, MD, the center's director.
Numbers appear on the brain image.
The numbers correspond to studies held in the data base. A search of behavior topics, for example, gives the user a choice of motion, cognition, perception or emotion. Picking motion, for instance, the user sees a submenu and may select subtopics. BrainMap fetches a list of eight scientific papers containing 23 experiments, complete with their data, graphics and text. Funded by the E.J. LowBeer Foundation in Montreal, BrainMap was conceived as a forerunner of a federation of data bases that would serve the numerous areas of study that involve neuroscience.