Scientists have produced the first complete map of connections in the cortex of the human brain, which has helped them to allocate more than a hundred previously unknown parts of the nervous system responsible for speech, vision and movement, said in an article published in the journal Nature.
“The brain is absolutely not like computers that can support any operating system and run all types of programs. If we talk in terms of computing, “software” of the brain – how the brain works – tightly linked to its structure – its “iron”. If we want to understand what is able to this “software”, we need to understand the structure and connected with each other the different parts of the brain, “- said David Van Essen (David van Essen) from Washington University in St. Louis (USA).

Van Essen and colleagues for more than six years of work on the disclosure of the secrets of the human brain within the Human Connectome Project project. Under this project, a total budget of 38.5 million dollars, the researchers examined the brain 1,2 thousand adult volunteers, including – 300 pairs of twins. .....

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