Foster Inspects the Touchpad (VIDEO)

The City University of New York

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In this video, Foster, a young dolphin, can be seen playing a dolphin version of Whack-a-Mole on an eight-foot underwater touchscreen. Researchers believe this technology will help extend the high-throughput revolution in biology that has brought us whole genome sequencing and the BRAIN project, into the field of animal cognition.

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The M2C2 Research Collaborative (www.m2c2.net).

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