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January 15, 2025

The first wiring map of an insect’s brain hints at incredible complexity – March 9, 2023 at 06:13PM

What looks like a pin-headed critter on the right is actually a larval version of the fruit fly on the left. Both have remarkably complex brains, scientists say, with different regions devoted to decision-making, learning and navigation.

Researchers have mapped the more than 500,000 connections in the intricate brain of a fruit fly larva. This map, they say, could help scientists figure out how learning changes the human brain, too.

(Image credit: Ed Reschke/Getty Images)

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