# Whole Brain Emulation **Domain:** Computational Neuroscience / Brain Simulation **Doc Type:** Research Frontier Node **Maturity:** Conceptual and Partial Experimental Precursors **Related:** [[Connectomics]], [[Long-Term Memory Substrate]], [[Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation]], [[Consciousness Continuity Infrastructure]] --- ## Definition **Whole brain emulation (WBE)** is the proposed construction of a computational model with sufficient structural and dynamical fidelity to reproduce the relevant functional behavior of an entire brain. The required biological resolution, state variables, validation criteria, and relationship between functional reproduction and personal continuity remain unresolved. ## Institutional research context [[wiki/Foresight Institute|Foresight Institute]] explicitly places whole-brain emulation alongside brain-computer interfaces and neuro-inspired AI safety in its [neurotechnology program](https://foresight.org/focus-areas/neurotechnology/). [[wiki/Convergence Research|Convergence Research]] uses this connection to make the human-reconstruction branch visible within the broader machine-intelligence inquiry. The research agenda leads directly to the criteria below: what is reproduced, what can be tested, and whose continuity is at issue. ## Critical distinction Successful behavioral emulation, memory reconstruction, subjective consciousness, and continuity of the original person are related but non-identical claims. A continuity architecture must state which criterion it is attempting to satisfy.