The International Brain Initiative: enabling collaborative science

Over the past two decades, neuroscience has expanded massively, and it is now tackling complex questions with profound implications for our society. Technological developments are transforming the study of neural mechanisms, and neuroscientists might be soon able to disentangle how human beings think and the bases of cognition. In parallel, we now know that many brain diseases have a strong genetic component, so further efforts must be put into neurogenetics. New experimental approaches, theoretical models of brain function, and computational power to store and manage large datasets will be required.