Understanding brains: details, intuition, and big data.

Authors :: Marder E
Source :: PLoS biology [PLoS Biol] 2015 May 12; Vol. 13 (5), pp. e1002147. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 May 12 (Print Publication: 2015).
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: Understanding how the brain works requires a delicate balance between the appreciation of the importance of a multitude of biological details and the ability to see beyond those details to general principles. As technological innovations vastly increase the amount of data we collect, the importance of intuition into how to analyze and treat these data may, paradoxically, become more important.