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# Brain modeling

Chapter 1.2

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### Brain organoids

Learn about brain organoids in this short [Ted-Ed](https://ed.ted.com/) video by [Madeline Lancaster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeline_Lancaster):

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### Computational brain modeling

Two minutes about brain modeling by the[ Allan Institute](https://alleninstitute.org/):&#x20;

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Detailed brain Modeling by The Blue Brain Project:

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### Neuromorphic Brain Modeling

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[Stephen Furber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Furber) discusses how he used the [SpiNNaker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpiNNaker) neuromorphic board, to model the human brain.

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[Kwabena Boahen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwabena_Boahen) discussed neuromorphic brain modeling from the lenses of the [NeuroGrid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurogrid) neuromorphic circuit

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