New Study in Electric Fish Reveals Brain Mechanisms for Distinguishing Self from Other

The brain’s remarkable ability to perceive the outside world relies almost entirely on its capacity to tune out noise generated by the body’s own actions, according to a first-of-its-kind study in electric fish led by scientists at Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute.

Today's study focused on the elephant-nose fish, a fish from Africa that both generates electricity to communicate and sense its environment.

Above: elephant-nose fish locating its prey using electricity (Sawtell Lab/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute)

Learn more: https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/new-study-electric-fish-reveals-brain-mechanisms-distinguishing-self-other

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