Europe and the U.S. are locked in a battle of the brains. A year and a half ago, the EU announced the Human Brain Project, a billion-dollar initiative to map the mysteries of the human mind. A few months later, President Obama proposed an American version: the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative. We look at the snags complicating these efforts on both sides of the pond.
Mapping the Brain
Credits
Guest:
Jonathan Webb - BBC -
@jjbw
Host:
Madeleine Brand
Producers:
Andrew Walsh,
Christian Bordal,
Matt Holzman,
Jolie Myers,
Anna Scott
