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Scientists Zapped Mouse Brains With Lasers to Give Them Phantom Visions

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This illusion of reality could be playing a game-changing role in the evolution of perception—ours included. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists made mice “see” phantom shapes when they activated just a tiny cluster of neurons with holographic lasers. • The experiment shows …

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