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Nov. 04, 2011
Peering Into The Brain, But At What?
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| Modern brain-imaging techniques have given researchers an unprecedented level of detail about the structure of the brain, but are they any closer to puzzling out how the brain really works? Harvard neuroscientist Jeff Lichtman talks about the limitations of brain imaging, and the challenges of trying to use imaging techniques to decode the brain’s behavior. |
Produced by Charles Bergquist, Director and Contributing Producer
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Jeff Lichtman
Professor of Molecular and
Cellular Biology
Member, Center for Brain Science
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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