When we run an article with “DOOM” in the title, it’s typically another example of getting the venerable game running on some minimalist platform. This DOOM-based VR rig for rats, though, is ...

Driving represented an interesting way for neuroscientists to study how rodents acquire new skills, and unexpectedly, rats ...

Scientists taught rats to drive to a certain destination, but the rodents took a detour, suggesting they enjoy both the ...

Lawrence: Addiction is a public health problem, and the regulation of addictive products and services is a major public ...

We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container. After trial and error, my colleagues and I found that rats ...

There is a type of learned behaviour in psychology called “operant conditioning”. It’s a method of learning that occurs when there are rewards and punishments for behaviour. When the ...

With a deep root in the Bible, corporal punishment is a time-tested measure deployed by parents, guardians and teachers to ...

Nov. 13, 2024 — The Huntington's disease (HD) mutation eventually causes a fatal brain disease in adulthood, but a new study finds that early in life, children with the HD mutation have bigger ...