Researchers discover what makes mice freeze or flee

Mice are likely to freeze at the sight of small slow-moving shapes and flee from fast approaching ones, finds new research.This provides the first evidence that mice make instinctive choices based on vision alone, and could help inform future studies of behavior and brain function in mice. Knowing how mice respond to visual cues will enable researchers to conduct reproducible studies to see if this behavior is disrupted in mental and physical conditions.