When humans are faced with tough decisions, clusters of neurons in our brain go to war, firing in all directions until one choice eventually wins out.
Scientists at the University of Sussex in the UK have discovered how just two neurons in the brain enable snails to make complex behavioral decisions.
Their study was published in the journal Nature Communications. The researchers monitored the behavior of snails while they made decisions in their search for lettuce, one of their preferred foods.
Meanwhile, they recorded activity in the snails’ brains by using electrodes to detect small electrical changes, called action potentials, in individual neurons.
“What goes on in our brains when we make Complex Behavioural Decisions and carry them out is poorly understood”.