title: A Biological Imitation Game.
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.
authors.affiliation: Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. Electronic address: christofk@alleninstitute.org.
authors.forename: Christof
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.affiliation: Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Buice
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008297:Male; D008959:Models, Neurological; D019579:Neocortex / Q000166:cytology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology*; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000166:cytology*