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State of Brain Emulation Report 2025

Neurons and Cognition 2025-11-06 v3
Authors: Niccolò Zanichelli , Maximilian Schons , Isaak Freeman , Philip Shiu , Anton Arkhipov
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Abstract

The State of Brain Emulation Report 2025 provides a comprehensive reassessment of the field's progress since Sandberg and Bostrom's 2008 Whole Brain Emulation roadmap. The report is organized around three core capabilities required for brain emulation: recording brain function (Neural Dynamics), mapping brain structure (Connectomics), and emulation and embodiment (Computational Neuroscience). It also identifies ongoing challenges and outlines strategic priorities to help the field move forward.

Keywords

computational neuroscience

Cite

@article{arxiv.2510.15745,
  title  = {State of Brain Emulation Report 2025},
  author = {Niccolò Zanichelli and Maximilian Schons and Isaak Freeman and Philip Shiu and Anton Arkhipov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.15745},
  year   = {2025}
}

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