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An SFU scientist creates an online platform to help support and stimulate brain research
Author of the article:
Stu McNish • Special in the sun
Date Posted:
June 3, 2022 • 53 minutes ago • 1 minute reading • Join the conversation, Dr. Randy McIntosh, SFU neuroscientist. Photo of Stuart McNish / Stuart McNish
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For the past 20 years, scientists have made great strides in understanding the brain and at the same time know very little about how it works.
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As neurobiologist Lu Chen says, “We know very little about the brain. We know about connections, but we don’t know how information is processed. Learning, for example, not only requires good memory, it also depends on speed, creativity, attention, concentration and, above all, flexibility. Understanding exactly how the neural pathways work could lead to improved treatments for depression, genetic diseases and many other conditions. “
Introduce the renowned SFU neuroscientist Dr. Randy McIntosh who identified a major challenge, which is the need for a virtual brain to host research from around the world. McIntosh envisioned and co-created the “virtual brain” as a platform for the use of a wide range of researchers to simulate their work in a complex interdisciplinary way that will allow them to see the effect that the his work on the brain.
“I’ve been building ideas around an inclusive and extended approach to neuroscience that goes beyond traditional boundaries, and I’m sure SFU is the place to make those ideas a reality,” says McIntosh.
McIntosh joined a conversation that matters about the vast new world of brain research that allows scientists to go boldly where no neurologist has gone before.
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