Name: A brain in a supercomputer
Uploaded: 2009-10-15T09:37:00Z
Duration: 14 min 33 s
Description: Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved -- soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they're made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer that models all the brain's 100,000,000,000,000 synapses.

Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved -- soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they're made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer that models all the brain's 100,000,000,000,000 synapses.

Henry Markram: A brain in a supercomputer

A brain in a supercomputer

A supercomputer mimics the human brain's 100,000,000,000,000 synapses, revealing insights into mental disorders and perception.

By simulating brain activity, researchers explore the 'perceptual bubble' theory, suggesting our reality is brain-constructed.

Simulating a brain in a supercomputer could decode mental illness, perception, and memory using a model of 100 trillion synapses.