Scientists Watch Fish's Thought Analysis
Yong, Ed. “Fish Watches Food. Scientists Watch Fish’s Thoughts”. National Geographic 31 January 2013, 1-2.
In the article "Fish Watches Food. Scientists Watch Fish’s Thoughts.” by Ed Yong, Japanese scientists modified a larval zebrafish’s neurons produces a bright green glow whenever they fire by injecting a jellyfish protein called GFP which gives a bright green glow when neurons pass signals to one another to see its brain activity. Since larval zebrafishes’ bodies is transparent, it is like it’s “giving a direct window into their brain" (Yong 1). The scientists focused putting GFP Inside the zebrafish’s optic tectum is where in. One of the scientist, Akira Muto, observed how the zebrafish reacted to a tiny spot. He found out that, for example,
when the fish sees something interesting, such as the tiny spot, on its far left, its neurons on the far left will start glowing bright green. Everywhere the tiny spot went, the neurons fired up in the same area as the spot.
Instead of the tiny spot, Muto used a paramecium to allure the zebrafish for the next test. Whenever the paramecium was on one side of the fish, the neurons were firing up on the opposite side, and vice versa.
In the article "Fish Watches Food. Scientists Watch Fish’s Thoughts.” by Ed Yong, Japanese scientists modified a larval zebrafish’s neurons produces a bright green glow whenever they fire by injecting a jellyfish protein called GFP which gives a bright green glow when neurons pass signals to one another to see its brain activity. Since larval zebrafishes’ bodies is transparent, it is like it’s “giving a direct window into their brain" (Yong 1). The scientists focused putting GFP Inside the zebrafish’s optic tectum is where in. One of the scientist, Akira Muto, observed how the zebrafish reacted to a tiny spot. He found out that, for example,
when the fish sees something interesting, such as the tiny spot, on its far left, its neurons on the far left will start glowing bright green. Everywhere the tiny spot went, the neurons fired up in the same area as the spot.
Instead of the tiny spot, Muto used a paramecium to allure the zebrafish for the next test. Whenever the paramecium was on one side of the fish, the neurons were firing up on the opposite side, and vice versa.