Many-disciplinarity

Brain research (and in general, biology) is one of the fields where ”nature is not interested in our separations, and many of the interesting phenomena bridge the gaps between fields.”  [6] We need a consistent model that comprises all relevant (and only those!) interactions and components and aligns with the concepts of the related scientific fields. Different science disciplines consider different details relevant; see Fig. 1. Despite the efforts of the project leader, no picture can be derived about the elephant, although the details of the elephant are accurate. This problem is mentioned in the China Brain Project, when evaluating the similar past and present programs over the world that ”a systematic understanding of the brain is still lacking, possibly due to the fragmentation of research strategies”. A cross-disciplinary discussion is neded.