![]() ![]() Recently, the team let a goldfish take a joyride throughout an entire building, Ben-Shahar says, “and it actually started to explore. “That was pretty conclusive that the fish actually navigate,” says study coauthor Ohad Ben-Shahar, a computer scientist and neuroscience researcher. When the researchers tried to trick the goldfish by placing decoy boards of different colors on the other walls or moving the pink board to the other side of the room, the fish were not fooled, and navigated to the pink board. ![]() This finding confirmed that the fish had not merely memorized a choreography of movements to reach their reward, but were planning routes toward their prize each time. In further experiments, the goldfish were still able to reach the pink board when starting from random positions around the room, rather than the center. ![]() Darcy was the best,” says study coauthor and neuroscientist Ronen Segev. Some of the fish - all named after Pride and Prejudice characters - were speedier learners than others. By the end of driver’s ed, the animals also took faster, more direct routes to their goal. During their final sessions, fish averaged about 17.5 successful trips. During their first sessions, the fish averaged about 2.5 successful trips to the target. The researchers trained each fish to drive from the center of a small room toward a pink board on one wall by giving the fish a treat whenever it reached the wall. Successfully navigating in a tank on land suggests that the animals understand space and direction in a way that lets them explore even in unfamiliar habitats.įish were schooled on how to drive during about a dozen 30-minute sessions. J5BkuGlZ34- Ronen Segev JanuThis goldfish knows how to use its wheels. We trained goldfish to drive a wheeled platform that reacts to the fish’s movement ( ). I am excited to share a new study led by Shachar Givon & w/ Ohad Ben Shahar: Goldfish can learn to navigate a small robotic vehicle on land. ![]()
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