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New Map IDs the Core of the Human Brain

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-want-to-see-what-you're-thinking dept.

gerald626 writes "An international team of researchers has created the first complete high-resolution map of how millions of neural fibers in the human cerebral cortex — the outer layer of the brain responsible for higher-level thinking — connect and communicate. Their groundbreaking work identified a single network core, or hub, that may be key to the workings of both hemispheres of the brain. So basically our brain is a network connected to a hub. I wonder if I can get an upgrade to a GigE switch?"

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  1. Maybe Descartes wasn't so far off... by wherrera · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Their newly mapped "medial and parietal cortex hub" is pretty close to the pineal gland, after all :).

  2. Re:Now to find out what it does. by Chemisor · · Score: 3, Insightful

    > Imagine fitting your kids with filters and "plug-ins" to make sure they turn out a certain way.

    We already do. It's called "parenting". You do it by talking to them, and yes, it does work if you do it properly.