Rats are worried about the wrong decisions taken

In accordance with information provided by the group of scientists from the United States of America, rats have strong emotional feelings about the wrong decisions taken by them, according to international media.

In the course of carrying out a simple experiment, researchers have found that after the mice and rats received the award and then implemented some actions, they have shown their activity was scientists in the frontal part of the cerebral cortex.

The experts stress that was the level of activity in the brain of mice and rats is similar to what is recorded in the person experiencing a sense of psychological frustration.

Rats possess analytical thinking
Scientists from University College London and Oxford University have shown experimentally that rats are able to learn no complicated rules and apply them to new situations. These abilities are still considered unique to birds and primates. The results of studies of the ability of rats to think abstractly published in the journal Science.



Source: globalscience.ru