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Brain-to-brain interface lets rats share information via internet
Rats thousands of miles apart collaborate on simple tasks with their brains connected through the internet
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Ian Sample, science correspondent
The Guardian,
Friday 1 March 2013
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A rat with a brain-to-brain implant responds to a light (circled) by pressing a lever. Its motor cortex was connected to that of another rat. Photograph: Scientific Reports
Scientists have connected the brains of a pair of animals and allowed them to share sensory information