I am my connectome

April 22, 2016

Summary

Sebastian Seung is mapping a massively ambitious new model of the brain that focuses on the connections between each neuron. He calls it our “connectome,” and it’s as individual as our genome — and understanding it could open a new way to understand our brains and our minds.

Filmed July 2010 at TED Global 2010
Uploaded to YouTube on Sept. 28, 2010 by TED

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