One study found that rats emitted ultrasonic vocalizations when they were subjected to manual somatosensory stimulation, i.e., tickling. The results of this controversial research were published in ...

A national watchdog group has filed an administrative complaint with Penn State’s president after an unpublished report from the university said nearly a dozen rats were subjected to so much pain they ...

Behavioral neuroscientist Kelly Lambert explains what happened after her lab taught rats to drive miniature cars and began studying the connection between effort, reward, anticipation and joy. In one ...

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Rattraders is an experiment in which I trained lab rats to trade in the foreign-exchange and commodity-futures markets. With the help of these rodents, I managed to outperform some of the world’s ...