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Mapping the Brain's DNA
By Virginia Prescott on Tuesday, March 31, 2009.
We already know quite a bit about how the brain works – using brain imaging technology and molecular biology, we can see which synapses fire during certain types of mental activity. But that’s still a limited understanding of what’s happening in the brain. Now, Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen is investing heavily in a radical new endeavor – to create a roadmap of our brains’ genetic code. Here to break it down for us is science writer and frequent guest Jonah Lehrer. His latest book is How We Decide. Jonah Lehrer in Wired: "Scientists Map the Brain, Gene by Gene" (Photo courtesy Reigh LeBlanc via Flickr/Creative Commons)
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