European neuroscientists challenge the Human Brain Project as is

By SharpBrains | July 8, 2014

Neu­ro­sci­en­tists attack ‘off-course’ human brain project (BBC News): “Senior neu­ro­sci­en­tists have attacked the Human Brain Project, a bil­lion-pound Euro­pean Com­mis­sion ini­tia­tive aim­ing to sim­u­late the human brain. An open let­ter to the EC from over 200 sci­en­tists says the project is “not on course”, 

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BRAIN Initiative: New call to action amidst growing skepticism

By SharpBrains | February 25, 2014

A White House Call To Action to Advance the BRAIN Ini­tia­tive (press release): “Under this ini­tia­tive, Fed­er­al agen­cies such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Nation­al Insti­tutes of Health (NIH), the Nation­al Sci­ence Foun­da­tion (NSF), and the Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion (FDA) are sup­port­ing the devel­op­ment and appli­ca­tion of inno­v­a­tive, new tech­nolo­gies that…

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Nelson Calderon: Let’s spread brain fitness knowledge in developing countries

By SharpBrains | October 16, 2013
Nelson Calderon Bonilla

Please tell us about your inter­est in applied brain sci­ence. What areas are you most inter­est­ed in?  I’m most­ly inter­est­ed in how to har­ness neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty to dri­ve pos­i­tive and endur­ing changes on the brain. What excites you the most about your job? As a tele­com exec­u­tive and coor­di­na­tor of the Brain Inter­est Group in Men­sa Colom­bia, I’m very…

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Human Brain Project: Let’s understand basic mechanisms behind cognition and behaviour

By SharpBrains | October 8, 2013

Bil­lion pound brain project under way (BBC News): “Sci­en­tists from 135 insti­tu­tions, most­ly in Europe, are par­tic­i­pat­ing in The Human Brain Project (HBP). Co-fund­ed by the EU, it aims to devel­op the tech­nol­o­gy need­ed to cre­ate a com­put­er sim­u­la­tion of the brain. It will also build a data­base of brain research from the tens of thou­sands of neuroscience…

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