{"id":170202,"date":"2023-08-22T11:25:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T16:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/neural-navigators-how-mit-cracked-the-code-that-relates-brain-and-behavior-in-a-simple-animal"},"modified":"2023-08-22T11:25:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T16:25:29","slug":"neural-navigators-how-mit-cracked-the-code-that-relates-brain-and-behavior-in-a-simple-animal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/neural-navigators-how-mit-cracked-the-code-that-relates-brain-and-behavior-in-a-simple-animal","title":{"rendered":"Neural Navigators: How MIT Cracked the Code That Relates Brain and Behavior in a Simple Animal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/neural-navigators-how-mit-cracked-the-code-that-relates-brain-and-behavior-in-a-simple-animal2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIT researchers have created a detailed map of neuron activity in the C. elegans worm, revealing how neurons encode behavior. Using cutting-edge technology, they discovered neurons\u2019 capability to adjust their encoding based on various factors and conditions. Their findings provide a comprehensive neural behavior atlas for further studies.<\/p>\n<p><strong> MIT<\/p>\n<p>MIT is an acronym for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is a prestigious private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts that was founded in 1861. It is organized into five Schools: architecture and planning; engineering; humanities, arts, and social sciences; management; and science. MIT\u2019s impact includes many scientific breakthroughs and technological advances. Their stated goal is to make a better world through education, research, and innovation.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIT researchers have created a detailed map of neuron activity in the C. elegans worm, revealing how neurons encode behavior. Using cutting-edge technology, they discovered neurons\u2019 capability to adjust their encoding based on various factors and conditions. Their findings provide a comprehensive neural behavior atlas for further studies. MIT MIT is an acronym for the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,38,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-engineering","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}