"Ten Unsolved Mysteries of the Brain" 


From Discover Magazine; the article has details on each of these problems. 

1. How is information coded in neural activity?

2. How are memories stored and retrieved?

3. What does the baseline activity in the brain represent?

4. How do brains simulate the future?

5. What are emotions?

6. What is intelligence?

7. How is time represented in the brain?

8. Why do brains sleep and dream?

9. How do the specialized systems of the brain integrate with one another?

10. What is consciousness? 

Posted: Mon - August 13, 2007 at 10:52 AM           |

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