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

The Conversation ^ | 11/11/2024

[gundog]

You’ll likely find it parked at a local watering hole.

[RoosterRedux]

Wanna bet that the rats that are driving well are males?;-)

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Oh boy, new bumper sticker business opportunity. I'll have them for sale shortly on Amazon.

[Big Red Badger]

Interesting

[PGR88]

dopamine actually peaks as expectation of some desired event is about to occur, not during the event itself.

[PeterPrinciple]

dopamine actually peaks as expectation of some desired event is about to occur, not during the event itself.

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Is that why those stolen watermelons didn’t taste as good as I thought they would?

[MikelTackNailer]

Rats driving?

[bigbob]

Meh. B. F. Skinner taught pigeons to fly guided bombs in WWII.

[glennaro]

I’ll believe this when I see a rat hit 300 yards off the tee.

[telescope115]

I remember those! Boy does that bring back memories!

[telescope115]

My question, too! Was this federally funded?

[House Atreides]

“ Rats with cars get all the rat-chicks.”
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Unless they drive a ratty old car!

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Bookmark

[kalee]

My first thought was “how much money did we waste on this study?” but the idea of joyful engine revving rats caused me to LOL and my next thought was “however much we spent , it was worth it just for that image”.

[GOPJ]

...anticipating fun can enrich human life Trump is having fun. So are we.

Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah!

[The Great RJ]

How much taxpayer money was used to fund this “research” through government grants?

[smokingfrog]

I remember having a couple of those models & a Rat Fink T-shirt.

[The Sons of Liberty]

For those that can't afford self driving cars, they can always get a rat to chauffeur them.

[BradyLS]

LOL!

“Hey, Rachika, wanna take spin an’ go get some Froot Loops?”

“No way, Vermi! Not in that rat-trap!”

[telescope115]

I did have one of the models, I had forgotten all about that. Good times!