It doesnt say in the article how they do it, but I would assume that they inject some kind of chemical in the brain when it does well... Or maybe they send a signal to neurons that act as pain receptors when the plane crashes.

I dont know how the brain works, especially a rat's brain, but they might have used the pain section of the brain along with say the navigation section in order to provide the correct inputs and outputs.

Do the scientists know what kind of chemicals they can put in a person's brain to make the happy? What if they simply rewarded the rat's brain with similar chemicals?

Dwiel

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It doesnt say in the article how they do it, but I would assume that they inject some kind of chemical in the brain when it does well... Or maybe they send a signal to neurons that act as pain receptors when the plane crashes.

I dont know how the brain works, especially a rat's brain, but they might have used the pain section of the brain along with say the navigation section in order to provide the correct inputs and outputs.

Do the scientists know what kind of chemicals they can put in a person's brain to make the happy? What if they simply rewarded the rat's brain with similar chemicals?

Dwiel

I'd say they used dopamine... it makes brains very very happy, in large quantities.

That along with some morphene (addiction, creates a need for the brain), would make this simpler.

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You have brains... how do you know when you did something the right way?

Dopamine and pain... Those are the origional right and wrong.

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