Word: marineland
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Play Ball. Dr. Lilly first learned to admire dolphins at Marineland in Florida, where he watched them entertain tourists. He noticed that they seemed to understand spoken commands, learned quickly the rules and tactics of water polo. Dissection showed that their brains are even bigger than human brains and have as complicated a cerebral cortex, the seat of the higher mental functions. Encouraged by these observations, Dr. Lilly planted electrodes in the dolphins' brains and found a spot that gave them exquisite pleasure when it was stimulated by a feeble pulse of electricity. Their eyes...