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Light on about 20 neurons triggered a learned movement

Infographic: a holographic mouse beside a lever, a cluster of neurons in which a holographic light source beams onto about 20 glowing gold ones and a circuit chip labeled brain-computer interfaces, one day. Panels explain that the team trained mice to press a lever, that light on about 20 neurons often produced movements resembling the learned one and that the result supports the idea that the motor cortex generates learned movements. Cards: about 20 neurons stimulated, movements often resembled the learned one, engaged mice only, not when disengaged. Banner: basic science in mice; it added no new skill. Source: Nature, Oct. 14, 2026.

In mice, stimulating a small, precisely chosen group of brain cells often produced movements resembling a skill the animals had already learned. (Image: SI illustration)

Nature · Oct. 14, 2026