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Review
. 2015 Oct 8;163(2):277-80.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.09.045.

A Biological Imitation Game

Christof Koch  1 , Michael A Buice  2
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Review

A Biological Imitation Game

Christof Koch et al. Cell. .
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Abstract

The digital reconstruction of a slice of rat somatosensory cortex from the Blue Brain Project provides the most complete simulation of a piece of excitable brain matter to date. To place these efforts in context and highlight their strengths and limitations, we introduce a Biological Imitation Game, based on Alan Turing's Imitation Game, that operationalizes the difference between real and simulated brains.

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