Short films made from brain activity of mice aim to show how they see world

Central to the study is an AI program which predicts how electrical activity in the visual cortex of the mouse brain changes depending on what the animals are seeing. Illustration: Maximilian Buzun/Alamy

Scientists have reconstructed short movies from the brain activity of mice that watched videos for a project that aspires to lift the veil on how animals perceive the world.

The brief movie clips are grainy and pixellated, but provide a glimpse of how mice processed footage that featured people taking part in various sports from gymnastics to horse riding and wrestling.