In a partnership melding neuroscience and electrical engineering, researchers from UNC - Chapel Hill and NC State University have developed a new technology that will allow neuroscientists to capture
images of the brain almost 10 times larger than previously possible — helping them better understand the behavior of neurons in the brain.
So with techniques normally used for studying prehistoric humans, researchers created a 3D
image of Descartes's
brain (above) by scanning the impression it left on the inside
of his skull, which has been kept for
almost 200 years now in the National Museum
of Natural History in Paris.