Human Cognome Project
The Human Cognome Project seeks to reverse-engineer the human brain, parallelling in many ways the Human Genome Project and its success in deciphering the human genome.
Analytical techniques used in the Human Cognome Project include:
- studying brain biology and chemistry in wet lab experiments,
- studying brain structure using frozen tissue sample scanning and imaging (see the Allen Brain Institute ),
- studying brain activity and function using active brain imaging, and
- studying brain development though the field of morphogenesis.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and other scientific research bodies have endorsed the Human Cognome Project.
Fundamental brain research as the primary enabler for creating smarter-than-human artificial intelligence is endorsed by many public figures, most notably entrepreneur and businessman Ray Kurzweil.
