IBM has announced that further to its work in simulating a mouse brain, they will be leading a project to simulate a brain as complex as that of a cat. There are five US universities also involved in this project which will involve using biological data to inform computer models. Models of this type should have potential benefits for psychiatry although higher cortical functions in humans are another order of complexity yet. Models of this type might be particularly useful in making psychopharmacological predictions rather than phenomenological experience.
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