Andrew Huberman· PhD
will one mouse behave to give another mouse a reward? So it's the mouse that's behaving that has to press a bar or nose poke or even experience a shock. Will the mouse do that simply to give one of its buddies a reward?
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will one mouse behave to give another mouse a reward? So it's the mouse that's behaving that has to press a bar or nose poke or even experience a shock. Will the mouse do that simply to give one of its buddies a reward?
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will a mouse work? So another mouse doesn't get a shock, doesn't get hurt, which is compassion.