Neuroscientists have found a way to read the mind of a fly

Using fluorescent compounds from jellyfish, scientists were able to find what was going on in the minds of flies Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

• Doug Bolton: 
• Neuroscientists at Northwestern University in Illinois have figured out how to 'read the mind' of a fly, using a tool that can detect conversations between neurons in the insect's brain.
  Using fluorescent molecules, the scientists were able to tag neurons in the brain, allowing them to identify which individual synapses were active during a given sensory experience.
  These fluorescent compounds were derived from from a glowing protein found in jellyfish. The scientists took three differently-coloured signals, blue, green and yellow, and painstakingly applied them to different brain connections in the fly's most prominent sensory systems - its sense of smell, sight, and heat...Read more>>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/neuroscientists-have-found-a-way-to-read-the-mind-of-a-fly-a6776096.html