Rats typically prefer dirt, sticks and rocks over plastic objects. Now, we had them driving cars. Yes, rats can drive. Here's ...

Rats in Richmond love driving cars and revving their engines for Froot Loops. Why it matters: Kelly Lambert, a University of Richmond neuroscientist, thinks their behavior can teach people about joy.

In neuroscientist Kelly Lambert's lab at the University of Richmond, rats hop into cars, rev their engines and skid across ...

Teaching rats to drive a tiny car around a laboratory taught scientists a lot about the benefits of anticipating the joy ...

When I walked into the lab, I noticed something unusual ... Preliminary results suggest that rats required to wait for their rewards show signs of shifting from a pessimistic cognitive style ...

This research provides further support of how anticipation can reinforce behavior. Previous work with lab rats has shown that rats pressing a bar for cocaine – a stimulant that increases ...