connectome

Genes don’t explain the complicated human beings we are, brain imaging doesn’t explain the complicated human beings we are, does the connectome explain us. Is the connectome the real soul of our selves, the id or what evr you want to call the unique human being each of us really is.

Sebastian Seung is mapping a massively ambitious new model of the brain that focuses on the connections between each neuron. He calls it our “connectome,” and it’s as individual as our genome — and understanding it could open a new way to understand our brains and our minds.