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Much much more to how neural circuits work than just connectivity. Good example to keep in mind is C elegans (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_eleg
by kkylin 9y ago
Much much more to how neural circuits work than just connectivity. Good example to keep in mind is C elegans (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans). Despite knowing the connectivity of its 302 neurons, and the whole organism consists of just a few times that many cells, AFAIK we still don't fully understand how its nervous system works, e.g., how it makes decisions etc.
(There is a lot of work on this organism, and I haven't kept up with the literature. So maybe the comment is a bit out of date... someone more knowledgeble should chime in.)
- haZard_OS 9y agoWell, I wouldn't say we understand C. elegans neurobiology and behavior "fully", but great advances have been made at the systems level: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2904967/#__ffn_sectitle https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2904967/#__ffn_... [overview of behavioral assays at systems level] http://conferences.union.wisc.edu/ceneuro/program-info/organizers-topics/ http://conferences.union.wisc.edu/ceneuro/program-info/organ... [next major conference] And, of course, my favorite, WormWeb: http://wormweb.org/neuralnet#c=ADA&m=1 http://wormweb.org/neuralnet#c=ADA&m=1