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Moths with a Nose for Learning

Caption: Researchers conditioned a moth to extend its proboscis in anticipation of a dollop of sucrose after being given a scent cue to study how the insect learned. Understanding how associations are built between stimuli and behavior can offer significant insights into how to build artificial systems to discriminate odors.

Credit: I. Ito and R.C.Y. Ong, NIH

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