New era of advances in brain research: As recording technology rapidly improves, neurons give up their secrets cell by cell
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 13:36
in Physics & Chemistry
Thanks to improvements in technology and data analysis, our understanding of the functional principles that guide the development and operation of the brain could improve drastically in the next few years, scientists report. The advances could herald a neuroscientific revolution, much as increasing processor speeds paved the way for the computing revolution of the last half century.