Rats can easily learn to use iPad

American biologists have shown that the study of memory and learning in rats suitable tablet from Apple. To study the behavior of rats, the authors have made a special chamber, one wall of which was fully occupied vertically arranged plate. On the tablet authors showed images of geometric patterns which the rats were required to memorize.

Scientists have conducted several experiments with different teaching method with a tablet-treated rats. In general, the rodents showed a pattern that after a brief pause follows another, while the animals were to remember the first pattern and compare it with the new.

Interestingly, if one option action rodents were not pressed to the tablet (for example, when a new image is not different from the old one), the training was going badly. The impetus of learning advocated food. On the other hand, if you wanted to click on one of several alternative images, rodents quickly become accustomed to use the device and to think what to do.

via factroom.ru