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Mapping the structure of the brain doesn't explain its function
- chermi 1y agoWell, I'd say it certainly helps. Better headline with less clicks would be "mapping ... ALONE doesn't explain in it's function. Has anyone said connectome = function? Quick google I guess maybe Sebastian Seung could be accused of it. It provides constraints, limits, ideas. Suppose the first collection of neurons we fully understand will be the nematode. I have little doubt that having a map of its components and their connectivity is a prerequisite to understand function. Function != Structure, but function = f(structure, weights, history, all sorts of chemical processes, neurotransmitters, ion channels...) The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, but it's still made of its parts.