CAJ abstract

The study of neuroscience is advancing in a remarkable speed, in particular concerning development of innovative technologies. This Current Affairs Journal discusses, in the greatest part, how far neuroscience has developed to this point in time and what the estimated prospects for the future are. Supercomputing technology, brain scanning in order to locate mental illnesses, or memory implants are rapidly approaching a level where establishing them becomes a possibility. As these aspects are becoming ever more concrete, there is a wide variety of information resources, ranging from newspaper articles, documentaries, scientific papers, and videos. For this CAJ mainly articles, videos and information from the concerning institution were used. As a consequence of this wide variety of information, there is also often misleading material to be found. Considering all material found, it can be assessed that neuroscience, although it is making considerable progress, has still many obstacles to overcome.