Researchers discover brain circuit underlying spontaneous synchronized movement of individuals in groups

ScienceDaily
May 15, 2023, 5:20 pm51 pts
Individual fish in schools scatter in unison when a predator is in their midst. Such precisely coordinated group movements and immobility during threats have long been observed in insects and mammals. Now, a brain pathway has been discovered that enables individual animals to rapidly coordinate a unified…

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