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Free animals can be 'virtually' trained by microstimulating key areas of their brains.

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Published in:Nature (London) 2002-05, Vol.417 (6884), p.37-38
Main Authors: TALWAR, Sanjiv K, SHAOHUA XU, HAWLEY, Emerson S, WEISS, Shennan A, MOXON, Karen A, CHAPIN, John K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anatomical correlates of behavior
Animal behavior
Animals
Behavioral psychophysiology
Biological and medical sciences
Brain
Conditioning, Operant - physiology
Cues
Electric Stimulation
Electrodes
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Maze Learning - physiology
Prosencephalon - physiology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Rats
Remote control
Reward
Robotics - methods
Rodents
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Summary:Free animals can be 'virtually' trained by microstimulating key areas of their brains.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/417037a