Carnegie Mellon University  The Last Frontier   Studying Mind,
Brain & Behavior  Michael Tarr  Scientists know that the brain
is made up of vast numbers of neurons and that these neurons
communicate with each other — but how does all this neural
activity give rise to human thought?  It's a fundamental
question that researchers are working to answer at Carnegie
Mellon's Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC).  "The
study of the mind and brain is the last frontier in science.
Although the field has made enormous progress over the past
several decades, understanding of the basic principles of
thought and brain function are still far more unknown than
known," said Michael Tarr, co-director of the CNBC and the Cowan
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience. "Personally, I think that
unraveling how the mind and brain work is a significant step in
understanding what makes humans human."  The CNBC is a joint
project of Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh,
integrating the strengths of Carnegie Mellon