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C. Elegans is the perfect first candidate for understanding the whole brain of some animal. It doesn't even have spiking neurons. Whole Brain Emulation of mer
by nabla9 5y ago
C. Elegans is the perfect first candidate for understanding the whole brain of some animal.
It doesn't even have spiking neurons. Whole Brain Emulation of merely 302 neurons would not be that hard if we understood how worm brain and neurons work.
- neatze 5y ago> It doesn't even have spiking neurons. What do you mean ? If I recall correctly there was one hobbyist who used Hodgkin-Huxley neurons to emulate movement of warm, it actually trivial task.
- nabla9 5y agoConsider the difference between: Replicating limited outward behaviour with simplified neuron model. vs. Fully simulating the functioning of the neuron so that it does not replicate some observed behaviors, but simulates the brain function accurately at the neuron level. An elegant mind: Learning and memory in Caenorhabditis elegans http://learnmem.cshlp.org/content/17/4/191.long http://learnmem.cshlp.org/content/17/4/191.long
- neatze 5y agoHodgkin-Huxley neurons are fully functioning neurons as far my understanding goes, furthermore, if not mistaken openwarm simulator has ability to simulate hydrodynamics on cellular levels.
- spywaregorilla 5y agoWhat if neurons aren't the only component of a neurological system that we need to be tracking, and we're not aware of that fact?
- flatiron 5y agoThen that would be exposed as part of this effort and they can go figure out what else to track.
- spywaregorilla 5y agoWould it? It seems openworm has been struggling to work for a long time. How confident are we that the answer is just more effort?
- w1nk 5y agoWhere else do you imagine the answer would come from?
- spywaregorilla 5y agoThat's a difficult question that I cannot answer, but it doesn't mean open worm is a good answer either?