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Inside the mind of an animal

Conceptual illustration representing internal brain states.

Illustration by Karol Banach

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Nature 584, 182-185 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02337-x

Updates & Corrections

  • Correction 13 August 2020: An earlier version of the caption for the image of zebrafish larvae mislabelled the positions of the ‘explore’ and ‘stay put’ neurons.

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