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I’m a neuroscientist who taught rats to drive − their joy suggests how anticipating fun can enrich human life #science #neuroscience #animals
- Kelly Lambert Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Richmond

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I’m a neuroscientist who taught rats to drive − their joy suggests how anticipating fun can enrich human life

Equipped with a rodent version of a Cybertruck, these driving rats reveal that positive experiences may sculpt the brain just as powerfully as stressful ones
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Patrick
Patrick
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As a person who has taken care of a number of rats in his time, this article doesn't hit quite as hard when you saw how excited rats get when you give them bone marrow. Or rice puffs. Or bits of vegetable. Or anything.
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Musta dawned on me thusly
Musta dawned on me thusly
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given humans are following the outcomes of the “too many rats in a cage” experiments, it sounds like you have a way for humans to experience pleasure?

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Overcrowding, "Too many rats in a cage", leads to divisiveness, infighting, and eventually extinction. Critics argue that the experiment didn't apply to humans, as we are more intelligent and adaptable than mice.
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