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What does it mean?
Success came from stimulating nerves in healthy animals without causing pain.
In plain terms
We succeeded by testing on healthy animals without hurting them.
What can you take from it?
Ethical treatment of subjects aids experimental success.

Where it applies

  • physiology lab
  • animal study

Putting it to work

  • designing humane tests
  • selecting subjects

Questions to consider

  • Why does subject wellbeing matter for results?
  • How is pain measured in experiments?

Another view

The quote implies pain avoidance is key but does not define success metrics.

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