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Architecting Discovery: A Model for How Engineers Can Help Invent Tools for Neuroscience

Edward S Boyden1, Adam H Marblestone2

  • 1MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; McGovern Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

Neuron
|May 10, 2019
PubMed
Summary

Engineers can invent neuroscience tools by selecting problems and identifying technologies. This model covers tool design principles and the importance of learning from failures in engineering for neuroscience discovery.

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