Complex Networks - A Key to Understanding Brain Function
Abstract
The brain is a complex network of neurons, engaging in spontaneous and evoked activity that is thought to be the main substrate of mental life. How this complex system works together to process information and generate coherent cognitive states, even consciousness, is not yet well understood. In my talk I will review recent studies that have revealed characteristic structural and functional attributes of brain networks, and discuss efforts to build computational models of the brain that are informed by our growing knowledge of brain anatomy and physiology.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 987318
- Resource Type:
- Multimedia
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; BRAIN; NEURAL NETWORK; COGNITION
Citation Formats
Sporns, Olaf. Complex Networks - A Key to Understanding Brain Function. United States: N. p., 2008.
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Sporns, Olaf. Complex Networks - A Key to Understanding Brain Function. United States.
Sporns, Olaf. Wed .
"Complex Networks - A Key to Understanding Brain Function". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/987318.
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year = {Wed Jan 23 00:00:00 EST 2008},
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