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 [1]),
- studying brain activity and function using active brain imaging, and
- studying brain development though the field of morphogenesis.
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.