BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Simulated brain closer to thought - 1 views
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A detailed simulation of a small region of a brain built molecule by molecule has been constructed and has recreated experimental results from real brains.
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While many computer simulations have attempted to code in "brain-like" computation or to mimic parts of the nervous systems and brains of a variety of animals, the Blue Brain project was conceived to reverse-engineer mammal brains from real laboratory data and to build up a computer model down to the level of the molecules that make them up.
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The first phase of the project is now complete; researchers have modeled the neocortical column - a unit of the mammalian brain known as the neocortex which is responsible for higher brain functions and thought.
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