> From there, learning that red lights correlates with the large, fast, dangerous object stopping, is just a matter of observation I think "just a matter of ob

> From there, learning that red lights correlates with the large, fast, dangerous object stopping, is just a matter of observation I think "just a matter of observation" understates the many levels of abstraction and generalization that animal brains have evolved to effectively deal with the environment. Here's something I just read the other day about this: Summary: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11-neuroscientists-reveal-cells-brain-behavioral.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11-neuroscientists-revea... Actual: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08145-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08145-x "After experiencing enough sequences, the mice did something remarkable—they guessed a part of the sequence they had never experienced before. When reaching D in a new location for the first time, they knew to go straight back to A. This action couldn't have been remembered, since it was never experienced in the first place! Instead, it's evidence that mice know the general structure of the task and can track their 'position' in behavioral coordinates"