$300 million to find out how the human brain perceives

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The Allen Institute for Brain Science, founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, announced a $300 million initiative Wednesday to understand how the brain perceives and makes decisions.
The Seattle-based nonprofit group will double its scientific staff to more than 350 people and build “brain observatories” to map the vision and decision-making pathways in the brain’s cerebral cortex, which is central to vision, memory and awareness. It will also explore what goes wrong in brain-related diseases and disorders such as Alzheimer’s, autism and depression;  more...