Brain cells predict opponent’s move in game-playing monkeys

Neurons sensitive to others’ intentions could offer clues to disorders that impair social judgments

GAME ON  Researchers have discovered brain cells in video game-playing macaques that predict another monkey’s next move. Such brain cells may be important in social interactions that require anticipating what others are thinking.

Katie Ris-Vicari/Cell 2015

Newly discovered brain cells in monkeys can predict another monkey’s actions in a cooperation game.