Intricacies Of The Brain

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Currently, there is a movement to map the intricacies of the human brain. The U.S. government has allotted a large portion of their research budget to “get a dynamic picture of the brain in action.” If scientists can map the brain, then they can see flaws. Those flaws may be the explanation for diseases like schizophrenia, autism and Alzheimer’s. To complete the arduous task of understanding the brain, scientists must answer questions such as, ”How is the brain organized? What tasks are different parts of the brain responsible for? What proteins are used in each part of the brain and what does that mean? Through the collaborative work of many scientists, we now know that the brain is organized in a grid pattern and that the prefrontal cortex