Introduction

Nextquanta magazine is an editorially independent on line publication supported by simon's foundation to enhance public understanding of science. Scientist proach the brain the way old fashioned map makers used to approach making maps. Lisa feldman barrett says, for more than 100 years, scientists have searched fruitlessly for brain boundaries between thinking, feeling, deciding, remembering, moving and other everyday experiences. David popel: "You take the brain and you parse it into networks as if they're lego blocks"