oh I mean I'm okay but it did leave me pretty convinced that nearly all animal research is both evil and useless
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The protocol here involved monitoring (i) certain discrete regions of the bird's brain, in real time, using implanted wires; and (ii) tracking their (sometimes silent) production of song by measuring air pressure in their lungs.
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in order to do (i), we performed surgery that involved slicing off the top of the animal's skull; implanting a microelectronic array that included a protruding chip you could plug into a monitor wire; then resealing the brain with a cement.
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