Are there circuit attractors? |
What is the functional connectivity diagram of a circuit? |
What detailed computations take place locally? |
What are the real-time, multiple, long-range interactions that underlie cognitive functions and behavior? |
How do local computations and long-range interactions influence each other? |
What are the paths of information flow? |
Do alternative pathways produce similar outputs? |
When the brain “organizes” itself during development, or “reorganizes” itself after an injury, what is actually happening to activity locally and globally? |
When pharmacoactive drugs alter behavior, what are the local and global effects on activity? |
When memories are transferred from one brain region to another over time, how do activity patterns change? |
What design principles can be discerned in how the brain functions? |
Is there an underlying functional architecture to the brain’s networks? |
What are the true functional underpinnings of perception, recognition, emotion, understanding, consciousness, and subconscious processes? |