Still Waters Posted June 9, 2014 #1 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Rats experience regret when their actions make them miss out on better food options, a study has found. It is the first time regret has been identified in mammals other than humans. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/27716493 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted June 9, 2014 #2 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Don't we all...Don't we all... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGirl Posted June 9, 2014 #3 Share Posted June 9, 2014 well maybe after so many years of hearing people quoting that line 'you dirty rat' they took it to heart. ok probably not anyway i'm having a hard time being empathic toward a rat. i super duper hate rodents. sorry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted June 9, 2014 #4 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Domestic rats can be pretty cute: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGirl Posted June 9, 2014 #5 Share Posted June 9, 2014 they make my skin feel all creepy crawly no thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted June 10, 2014 #6 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Now I imagine them worrying about careers and bad marriages lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhen Posted June 10, 2014 #7 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Just so we're clear on how this monitoring is done, here's a similar experiment titled; Neural coding of reward magnitude in the orbitofrontal cortex of the rat during a five-odor olfactory discrimination task These tasks involve "the localization of tetrode recording sites", and here's a picture of what that actually looks like courtesy of this Stanford University website; yeah, I got your regret right here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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