Electrical synapses filter sensory info

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How electrical synapses fine-tune sensory information for better decisions

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Scientists at Yale and the University of Connecticut have taken a major step in understanding how animal brains make decisions.

The new research demonstrates how a specific configuration of electrical synapses enables animals to make context-appropriate choices, even when faced with similar sensory inputs.

C. elegans, a worm, provides a powerful model for understanding the neural mechanisms of action selection.

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