The Neurosciences Institute is a non-profit scientific research
organization dedicated to learning about the brain for the
benefit of humankind. Under the leadership of Nobel Laureate
Gerald M. Edelman, the Institute focuses its research on the
principles underlying how we perceive and act upon the world,
how we learn and remember, and how consciousness arises. The
Neurosciences Institute is dedicated to increasing knowledge
about how the brain works at the most fundamental levels. By
that, we mean defining the fundamental principles of anatomy and
physiology that enable the brain and nervous system to carry out
their myriad functions. Although many facts are known about the
nervous system from the molecular to the cellular to the tissue
levels and new information is being discovered every day, a
generally agreed-upon set of basic overall principles that would
explain how we see, how we move, or how we are conscious remains
elusive. For three decades, The Neurosciences Institute has
developed a theoretical ap