Building a Brain

03/13/21 • 44 min

Building a brain - On this week's Futureproof podcast with Jonathan McCrea, he talks to Dr Katrin Amunts - Chair of the Science and Infrastructure Board of the Human Brain Project & Professor of Brain Research at Dusseldorf University - about her research into building a digital model of the brain. Also on the show Jonathan was joined by Professor Shane Bergin and Dr Lara Dungan to look at the science news stories of the week. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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