Scientists read monkeys’ inner thoughts
Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis who were decoding the activity of populations of neurons in the motor cortex discovered that they could tell how a monkey was planning to approach a reaching task. By chance the two monkeys
chosen for the study had completely different cognitive styles. One was a hyperactive type, who kept jumping the gun, and
the other was a smooth operator, who waited for the entire setup to be
revealed before planning his next move. The difference is clearly
visible in their decoded brain activity, allowing the scientists, in effect, to read their minds.