See a Fish Think

Technique allows researchers to watch brain activity in a zebrafish as it pursues its prey.

Dec 11, 2013 5:25 PMNov 12, 2019 6:16 AM

Scan of a zebrafish brain, showing how its neurons activate (shown in red) as it watches its prey nearby. | Muto et al., Current Biology (2013)

In a first, researchers in Japan have captured the brain activity of a living animal as it pursues its prey.

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