The Future of the Brain : Essays by the World's Leading Neuroscientists

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 include: 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. An Precedented Look At The Quest To Unravel The Mysteries Of The Human Brain, This Collection Of Essays Takes Readers To The Absolute Frontiers Of Science. They Shed Light On The Breathtaking Implications Of Brain Science For Medicine, Psychiatry, And Even Human Consciousness Itself. Mapping The Brain : Building Atlases Of The Brain / Mike Hawrylycz With Chinh Dang, Christof Koch, And Hongkui Zeng -- Whole Brain Neuroimaging And Virtual Reality / Misha B. Ahrens -- Project Mindscope / Christof Kock With Clay Reid, Hongkui Zeng, Stefan Mihalas, Mike Hawrylycz, John Philips, Chinh Dang, And Allan Jones -- The Connectome As A Dna Sequencing Problem / Anthony Zador -- Rosetta Brain / George Church With Adam Marblestone And Reza Kalhor -- Computation : Understanding The Cortex Through Grid Cells / May-britt Moser And Edvard I. Moser -- Recording From Many Neurons Simultaneously: From Measurement To Meaning / Krishna V. Shenoy -- Network Neuroscience / Olaf Sporns -- Large-scale Neuroscience: From Analytics To Insight / Jeremy Freeman -- Simulating The Brain : Whole Brain Simulation / Sean Hill -- Building A Behaving Brain / Chris Eliasmith -- Language : The Neurobiology Of Language / David Poeppel -- Translating The Genome In Human Neuroscience / Simon E. Fisher -- Skeptics : Consciousness, Big Science, And Conceptual Clarity / Ned Block -- From Circuits To Behavior: A Bridge Too Far? / Matteo Carandini -- Lessons From Evolution / Leah Krubitzer -- Lessons From The Genome / Arthur Caplan With Nathan Kunzler -- The Computational Brain / Gary Marcus -- Implications : Neurotechnology / John Donoghue -- The Miswired Brain, Genes, And Mental Illness / Kevin J. Mitchell -- Neural Dust: An Untethered Approach To Chronic Brain-machine Interfaces / Michael M. Maharbiz With Dongjin Seo, Jose M. Carmena, Jan M. Rabaey, And Elad Alon -- Afterword : Neuroscience In 2064: A Look At The Last Century / Christof Koch And Gary Marcus. Edited By Gary Marcus And Jeremy Freeman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. [T]he Future of the Brain offers a broad spectrum of introductions to different fields of current neuroscience research, perfect for readers interested in going beyond basic neuroscience.--Chris Kaperak, Daily"A book called The Future of the Brain: Essays by the World's Leading Neuroscientists cannot have modest ambitions. The editors and authors of this collection of essays do not disappoint on that score, taking a broad, well-informed view of recent and potential advances in neuroscience and their implications for the field."--Sandra Aamodt, Nature Neuroscience"Dispatches from the scientific minds at the forefront of the quest to map and understand the myriad neural connections that constitute evolutions's most curious creation, the essays that make up The Future of the Brain serve as great primers in topics scientific and logistical: from memory and consciousness to the computer modeling of neural complexities to big-data analysis."--Bob Grant, The Scientist"[The Future of the Brain] will leave readers both amazed and full of questions."--Richard E. Cytowic, New York Journal of Books"The narratives attempt thought-provoking arguments for the future of the brain and the implications on ethics and human behaviour. A fascinating book for readers of all levels."--Library Journal"A wonderful way to launch yourself into the exciting world of twenty-first-century neuroscience, whether you are a scientist or an intellectually curious layperson. The power in this sampler is that the coverage is not just technical but conceptual: the essays probe the ways in which an understanding of the brain will and won't illuminate the mind, and they do so with depth and balance rather than the usual breathless hype."--Steven Pinker, author of The Language Instinct and How the Mind Works"Have you ever wondered what's coming around the The world's top experts take readers to the very frontiers of brain scienceIncludes a chapter by 2014 Nobel laureates May-Britt Moser and Edvard MoserAn 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 include: 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. Includes a chapter by 2014 Nobel laureates May-Britt Moser and Edvard MoserAn 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 include: 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 Cover THE FUTURE OF THE BRAIN Title Copyright Contents List of Contributors Preface MAPPING THE BRAIN Building Atlases of the Brain Whole Brain Neuroimaging and Virtual Reality Project MindScope The Connectome as a DNA Sequencing Problem Rosetta Brain COMPUTATION Understanding the Cortex through Grid Cells Recording from Many Neurons Simultaneously: From Measurement to Meaning Network Neuroscience Large-Scale Neuroscience: From Analytics to Insight SIMULATING THE BRAIN Whole Brain Simulation Building a Behaving Brain LANGUAGE The Neurobiology of Language Translating the Genome in Human Neuroscience SKEPTICS Consciousness, Big Science, and Conceptual Clarity From Circuits to Behavior: A Bridge Too Far? Lessons from Evolution Lessons from the Genome The Computational Brain IMPLICATIONS Neurotechnology The Miswired Brain, Genes, and Mental Illness Neural Dust: An Untethered Approach to Chronic Brain-Machine Interfaces AFTERWORD Neuroscience in 2064: A Look at the Last Century Glossary Index