Obama Announces Brain-Mapping Research Initiative
On Tuesday, President Obama announced a new brain-mapping initiative that could help researchers discover new ways to treat Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke and other neurological conditions. In addition to advancing neuroscience research, the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies -- or, BRAIN -- initiative could spur the development of new IT tools.
- "Obama Brain Mapping Project Tests Big Data Limits" (Hoover, InformationWeek, 4/2).
- "Obama To Unveil Initiative To Map the Human Brain" (Markoff/Gorman, New York Times, 4/2).