If we can map the retina, that will help us understand how it functions in vision, as well as devise new ways of repairing its malfunctions. And if we can really figure out the retina, perhaps we will have a… — Sebastian Seung Copy Share Image
When people hear that I'm a neuroscientist, they ask me tough questions. 'Will grandpa learn to walk again after his stroke?' 'How can my son overcome his dyslexia?' 'What could have caused my best friend to become schizophrenic?' When I… — Sebastian Seung Copy Share Image
I'm tremendously optimistic about the future of my discipline, yet understanding the brain is so difficult that we neuroscientists need help. — Sebastian Seung Copy Share Image
To find better means of fixing the brain, we first need to achieve something more fundamental. We must understand how it works. — Sebastian Seung Copy Share Image
The brain is behind the really big questions we have. Who am I, what is my identity? What is that based on? If memories… — Sebastian Seung Copy Share Image
Ask not what the brain can do for the computer. Ask what the computer can do for the brain. — Sebastian Seung Copy Share Image
The neural code usually refers to how your current thoughts and feelings and perceptions are encoded in the signals that neurons are passing around… — Sebastian Seung Copy Share Image
If we can map the retina, that will help us understand how it functions in vision, as well as devise new ways of repairing… — Sebastian Seung Copy Share Image
When people hear that I'm a neuroscientist, they ask me tough questions. 'Will grandpa learn to walk again after his stroke?' 'How can my… — Sebastian Seung Copy Share Image
