In Prof Nicolelis’ first experiment, the encoder rat got a bigger reward if the decoder also made the right choice, leading to two-way neural collaboration between the two rats.

Scientists have engineered something close to a mind meld in a pair of lab rats, linking the animals' brains electronically so that they could work together to solve a puzzle. And this brain-to ...

A similar test was conducted using an "encoder" rat in Brazil, paired with a "decoder" rat in Durham, N.C., via an Internet connection. The "rat mind-meld" experiment has met with some skepticism.

Scientists have pulled off a real world, rodent-scale version of Vulcan “mind meld” from Star Trek, linking the brains of pairs of rats together over the internet to allow them to share ...

"These experiments demonstrated the ability to establish a sophisticated, direct communication linkage between rat brains, and that the decoder brain is working as a pattern-recognition device ...

In Prof Nicolelis’ first experiment, the encoder rat got a bigger reward if the decoder also made the right choice, leading to two-way neural collaboration between the two rats.

Rats have collaborated telepathically across continents in the first use of neurotechnology to transmit thoughts directly between animals’ brains.