Analysis of worm neurons suggest how a single stimulus can trigger different responses

Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 16:20 in Psychology & Sociology

In experiments, the state of a simple brain network determined the likelihood a worm would move toward a delicious smell or ignore it. Scaled up to account for the more nuanced behaviors of humans, the research may suggest ways in which our brains process competing motivations. More »

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