Study: Worms do calculus to get rewards
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 - 10:14
in Biology & Nature
EUGENE, Ore., July 8 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've identified a computer-like mechanism that drives neuron expression for taste and smell and they did it by giving worms rewards.
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