The best decoder rats correctly mimicked their corresponding encoder partners 70 per cent of the time.
The majority of the time, the decoder rat performed the same action as the encoder.
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The encoder rat's brain signals then became clearer, giving the decoder a greater chance of interpreting the message correctly, Prof Nicolelis noted.
The decoder rat ultimately achieved a maximum success rate of about 70%.
There was also a feedback system, denying the encoder rat an extra reward if the decoder rat did not press the correct lever.
In order to receive the reward, the decoder rat would have to rely on the cue transmitted from the encoder via the brain-to-brain interface.
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Unauthorized cable TV decoder boxes are a good example, he added.
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Once this rat pressed the correct lever, its brain activity was delivered as electrical stimulation into the brain of the second rat - designated the "decoder".
The team members then conducted trials to determine how well the decoder animal could decipher the brain input from the encoder rat to choose the correct lever.
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In Prof Nicolelis' first experiment, the encoder rat got a bigger reward if the decoder also made the right choice, leading to two-way neural collaboration between the two rats.
In the second experiment, a scan of the decoder's brain showed that it began to represent the encoder's whiskers as well as its own whiskers in the tactile cortex.
The decoder rat had the same types of levers in its chamber, but it did not receive any visual cue indicating which lever it should press to obtain a reward.
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Researchers also found that rewarding the encoder alongside the decoder created a virtuous loop, as treating the first rat for a job well done focused its attention and improved the signal strength.
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"We saw that when the decoder rat committed an error, the encoder basically changed both its brain function and behaviour to make it easier for its partner to get it right, " he said.
We're not sure that Vulcans would endorse this kind of mind meld, though: apart from immediately depriving the decoder rat of self-control, prolonged testing led to the same rodent developing additional sympathetic reactions to the encoder.
Goodger had set up Freelivefooty at the age of 16, Reading Crown Court heard, taking matches illegally from foreign satellite broadcasts using a two-metre satellite dish, seven computers and nine satellite decoder boxes at his home.
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