Researchers using AI have been working to catalogue the reactions of mice faced with things like a small electric shock or a sweet drink. With this catalogue, they found that mice have distinct facial expressions which match emotions which we experience. And further, they discovered that they show their emotions on different levels based on how they felt before. For example, a mouse that was sad shows more joy when drinking a sweet drink than a mouse that was neutral. With their catalogue, they found that the AI can easily distinguish which emotion the mice are feeling with 90% accuracy.
This is expected to lead to a better understanding of anxiety and depression in the human brain. As useful as the research could be for us humans, I question the ethics involved in potentially inducing clinical depression or anxiety in mice. I can only hope that I am jumping to conclusions and they are proceeding with care for the mice.
Link to Article
No comments:
Post a Comment