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Re:Scientists 'Inject' Information into Monkeys’ Brains by ada1981 on Friday December 08, 2017 @06:45AM (#15878110)
They are doing it for dopamine. The specific dopamine pathway is probably one linked to social status.
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Re:Scientists 'Inject' Information into Monkeys’ Brains by taneq on Friday December 08, 2017 @09:31AM (#15878791)
An oversimplification, but yeah. The same reason anyone does anything: Because somehow and in some way it makes them feel good (or at least they anticipate that it will do so).
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