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and explanatory tools for cognitive neuroscience. As recent attempts to create
such models demonstrate (e.g. Honey et al ., 2007; Izhikevich and Edelman,
2008), they appear well within reach of current computational and modeling
techniques. A complete map of the brain's structural connections (the brain's
connectome) could serve as the coupling matrix that informs a detailed “forward
model” of the human brain. Such a model would allow predictions about
endogenous brain dynamics, about the responsiveness of the brain system to
various exogenous stimuli, and about its changed dynamics in conditions of
damage or disease.
Acknowledgement
The author was supported by a grant from the JS McDonnell Foundation.
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