# A brain in a supercomputer

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2009
- Speaker: Henry Markram
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Computer science, Psychology and the brain, Philosophy
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/henry_markram_a_brain_in_a_supercomputer)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved -- soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they're made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer that models all the brain's 100,000,000,000,000 synapses.

## Lectures

1. [A brain in a supercomputer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/henry_markram_a_brain_in_a_supercomputer/e9c7155c1b3c), 15 min (TED's player)