Theoretical and experimental challenges in understanding the brain

Sainsbury-Wellcome Centre
2026-04-23
 
 

Abstract

I identify four challenges for understanding the brain: (1) we take on problems that are too easy (2) our concepts don't scale (3) our understanding is unstable (4) doing theory and experiment together. This was the introduction to a panel discussion at the 2026 internal SWC symposium.

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