Specifically, we note that the psychoanalytic distinction between the primary and secondary processes (as functions of the id and ego respectively) fit comfortably with modern notions of functional brain architecture, at both a computational and neurophysiological level.
The brain tissue scanner http://research.cs.tamu.edu/bnl/ is being used to explore the topology and geometry of mouse brain architecture at two levels: its gross anatomy and its microstructure.
These results show that widespread dynamic changes in cortical responses can occur in intact cortex within short periods of time, and that the distribution of these responses depends on local brain states and functional brain architecture at the time of stimulation.
The development of advanced neuroimaging techniques and their deployment in large cohorts has enabled an assessment of functional and structural brain network architecture at an unprecedented level of detail.
"We're going to get the kind of resolution, all the way down to the level of single cells, that we have not had widely available before," said Donna Simmons, a visiting scholar at the Brain Architecture Center at the University of Southern California.
A freely available microscopic model of human brain architecture with a spatial resolution of 20 micrometers is presented.
"Children need to develop a healthy and strong brain architecture," says Todd Grindal, an education expert at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Nevertheless, there are a number of principles of brain architecture that apply across a wide range of species.
Clustering of these three different covariance-based measures revealed a convergent elemental organization of the insula that likely reflects a fundamental brain architecture governing both brain structure and function at multiple spatial scales.
"The first 1,000 days of a child's life are very important for his or her brain architecture," says Fabio Manno, Education Specialist at UNICEF Mali.
