Henry Markram
Henry Markram
Henry Markramis a Professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausannein Switzerland and director of both the Blue Brain Project and the Human Brain Project...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionScientist
CountryIsrael
column imagine looks taking until
Think of a forest, then imagine taking 10,000 trees and squeezing them together until there is essentially no space between them. That's what the neocortical column looks like.
produces stimulate
You stimulate the neo-cortex, it produces a symphony. But it's not just a symphony of perception. It's a symphony of your universe. Your reality.
cognitive functions understanding
Today, you have neuroscientists working on a genetic, behavioural or cognitive level, and then you have informaticians, chemists and mathematicians. They all have their own understanding of how the brain functions and is structured. How do you get them all around the same table?
truth
As scientists, we need to not be afraid of the truth.
cities brain pieces
We cannot experimentally map out the brain. Its just too big. In a piece of the brain the size of a pinhead there are 3,000 pathways like a city with 3,000 streets.