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09 October 2020

Audio long-read: What animals really think

New techniques are allowing greater insight into the brain activity underlying animal's drives and desires.

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Benjamin Thompson

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Inside the mind of an animal – read by Benjamin Thompson

Researchers are aligning data on animal neuronal activity with behavioural information recorded on millisecond timescales, to uncover the signatures of internal brain states associated with things like moods and motivation.

This is an audio version of our feature: Inside the mind of an animal

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02822-3

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