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Mapping the Brain and Its Functions Integrating Enabling Technologies into Neuroscience Research (1991) / Chapter Skim
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Introduction
Pages 21-24

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... Effective access to existing neuroscience information is critical to the enterprise of discovery: such information forms the basis for new hypotheses, drives the search for improved methodology, and, ultimately, leads to the advances necessary for fundamental improvements in human health. One way to improve access and speed the meaningful disseminat~on of scientific discoveries is through the application of sophisticated computer and information-sharing technologies.
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... An additional motivation was the increased attention of the general scientific community and of policymakers regarding the challenges presented by these emerging technologies and their potential to support and improve research. Initiatives such as the National Research and Education Network, proposed by Senator Albert Gore and supported by the President's Science Advisor, and the long-range plans of the National Library of Medicine to construct digital libraries are examples of this increased attention.
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... Between October 1989 and October 1990, the committee convened four task forces, in total, comprising 43 neuroscientists and computer and information science experts, that considered various resource options in terms of varied levels of neuroscience inquiry (see Appendix A)
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... As we enter the Decade of the Brain, the committee believes that an exciting opportunity exists to harness computer and information technology for the enhancement of neuroscience research. The advantages to be derived from seizing this opportunity include accelerated progress in understanding and treating neurological and mental illness, brain and spinal cord injury, and developmental deficits.
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