Is This What We Should Write a Novel About You?

Jim Boulden: I love this passage. Gifty has a population of lab mice that she uses for experiments, who she's trained to pool or push a lever to get a sweet treat. Over time, she introduces a shock, a form of pain. And so over time, only one mouse has continued to pool the lever and he develops a limp. This moment of servitude of being quite literally brought low always reminded me that I needed these mice just as much as they needed me more. What would I know about the brain without them? How could I perform my work, find answers to my questions?