"Scientists with the highest hopes for the project also see it as a way to develop the technology essential to understanding diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, as well as to find new therapies for a variety of mental illnesses. Now, President Barack Obama says a detailed map of the human brain is necessary to understand how it works and what needs to be done when its not working properly. In his state of the union speech, the President noted that every dollar invested in the human genome project returned 140 to our economy. The Obama administration is planning a decade-long scientific effort to examine the workings of the human brain and build a comprehensive map of its activity. Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the Space Race. Speaking at the White House, he announced an initial 100m investment to shed light. Not all scientists, however, are on board. Today, our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer’s Now is not the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation. US President Barack Obama has unveiled a new initiative to map the brain. "The project, which the administration has been looking to unveil as early as March, will include federal agencies, private foundations and teams of neuroscientists and nanoscientists in a concerted effort to advance the knowledge of the brain's billions of neurons and gain greater insights into perception, actions and, ultimately, consciousness. President Obamas White House is pushing for a new, multi-billion dollar effort to map the human brain. So President Obama has proposed a Brain Activity Map (BAM) project to reveal some of these remaining secrets, using the Human Genome Project as a model. "Today, our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer's." Kennedy’s 1961 challenge to land a human on the moon, brain researcher Eric Kandel says this will be harder. "Every dollar we invested to map the human genome returned $140 to our economy - every dollar," Obama said on Feb. While the brain mapping project has also been compared to President John F. Obama referenced the brain-mapping project during his State of the Union speech while advocating federal spending on research and development. The Times said the "Brain Activity Map" project could be part of a budget proposal to be released in March, though details - including the costs - are still being worked out. The Obama administration is preparing to unveil a decades-long project to map the inner workings of the brain.Īs The New York Times points out, the project is designed "to do for the brain what the Human Genome Project did for genetics."
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