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Can we build a computer that replicates the human brain?

How the brain works is one of the great mysteries of science. Researchers are building models - using a million processors connected together - to mimic a small percentage of the brain. But could we actually make a computer that replicates the entire human brain? And what might that look like?

Steve Fruber from the University of Manchester shares his thoughts with Marnie Chesterton.

(Picture: A digitally produced brain. Credit: Getty Images)

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