A New Frontier in Neuroscience
The remarkable depth and complexity of the human mind brings the mystery of our biological origins to life:
How does the finite architecture of the brain give rise to the emergent flexibility of human intelligence, enabling us to learn, adapt, and solve the diverse problems we face in life?
Contemporary research in neuroscience explores this general capacity for problem solving through the principle of functional localization, identifying a core network of regions within frontal and parietal cortex as the foundation of general intelligence. However, by narrowing the focus to a specific network, we are left without understanding the whole, without seeing how intelligence emerges from the global system of interactive networks that comprise the human connectome.
Rather than reducing the brain to a collection of specialized regions, we need to understand its emergent complexity: How does the connectome, with its billions of neurons and trillions of connections, generate the unparalleled adaptability and insight that define human intelligence?
We believe addressing this question is not only key to understanding the true nature of intelligence but also essential for advancing biologically inspired AI and developing scientific methods to promote brain health and resilience throughout life.
Contact
Aron Keith Barbey
Mildred Francis Thompson University Professor
Director, Decision Neuroscience Laboratory
Director, Center for Brain, Biology & Behavior
Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Administrative Contact
Jeanne Schroeder, Administrative Coordinator
ude.lnu@32redeorhcsj | 402-472-0198