IBM Creates the Most Detailed Map of the Brain To Date [Science]

In a paper published earlier this week, IBM researchers made huge strides in mapping the architecture of the brain, charting 3 times as many connections as any previous study. Where does one of these map lead us? The cognitive computing future.

Specifically, the study traced long-distance connections inside the brain of a Macaque monkey, the \” interstate highways\” which transmit information between distant areas of the brain. Said some of the researchers:

We can now gain unprecedented insight into how information travels and is processed across the brain…a stepping stone to both fundamental and applied research in neuroscience and cognitive computing.

Their map depicts 6,602 long-distance connections between 383 different regions of the brain, allowing researchers to know how and where the brain sends information better than ever before.

Such data will allow scientists to more accurately perform theoretical analysis-an identical variety of projections that optimize serps or track social networks-that may be essential in developing computer chips that may keep up with our brain\’s immense computational power and navigate its complex architecture.

And obviously fairly mindblowing to remind yourself that each one of this work is going towards charting the vast, mysterious region existing inside your noggin at once. [KurzweilAI]

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