Eternal Sunshine..cont'd

 When you think of a brain what normally comes to mind is something that looks like a pile of noodles or a tangled clump of cables, but the structure of the brain is the exact opposite.  It consists of parallel structures of fibers that are arranged in a rather orderly fashion and resemble a bunch of ribbons neatly laid out.  Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital developed a new way to map the brain through longitudes and latitudes using MRI technology.“ 'Everywhere they looked, they found a geometric architectural principle that transcends any particular part of the brain,” said Karl Friston, scientific director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging in London and an authority on brain imaging, who was not involved in the research. “It’s such a fundamentally simple organization,” said Friston, who called the work “substantial” and “convincing'" (Scudellari 2012) For years scientists have been trying to figure out the structure of primate brains without much success.  These new findings will help them learn more about the structure of the brain and how it can be mapped effectively.  The ordered structure of the brain makes a lot more sense in terms of natural selection than the old notions of a tangled mess did.  The information discovered by the researchers in Massachusetts help explain the development of the complexity of the brain.  From this research neuroscientists will be able to learn more about how the brian works and how to diagnose brain problems.http://the-scientist.com/2012/03/29/a-beautiful-mind/http://the-scientist.com/2012/03/29/a-beautiful-mind/