Except it's confined to sterile cage in a research institute and has no control over the operations performed on it.
While I understand the need for primate testing for such a device before doing implant testing in humans, it's disingenuous to say that this monkey isn't unhappy.
It's not an unhappy monkey (Score:3)
Except it's confined to sterile cage in a research institute and has no control over the operations performed on it.
While I understand the need for primate testing for such a device before doing implant testing in humans, it's disingenuous to say that this monkey isn't unhappy.
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Dude's being set up to play virtual Pong! How unhappy could he be?
In all seriousness though, Pong? Couldn't we reach just a *little* bit higher for that first test? Pacman? Donkey Kong? Dig Dug?
Re:It's not an unhappy monkey (Score:2)
Monkey's probably aren't smart enough for Donkey Kong, Pong is easy to set up a reward system for.
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Make sure you use a smaller primate as they are often preyed upon by chimps. Give it a reason to beat Donkey Kong.