Brain mapping to brain labeling

From gene mapping to gene labeling. Now your brain scan can label you with a “disorder”. The eventual aim of The Human Connectome Project is to understand how the healthy human brain is wired and the differences between individuals. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21660159 An individual’s brain wiring is related to their skills, sociability and aptitude. Psychiatric problems, such as schizophrenia, drug addiction and obsessive compulsive disorder generally arise from irregular brain development. The five-year, US-government-funded project will share the data with scientists across the world. The project was inspired by the Human Genome project. The Human Connectome Project has therefore developed a database called ConnectomeDB to make sharing of brain images much easier.

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