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Lambert and her team have for years now been teaching lab rats how to drive as a way of studying the relationship between animal environments, stress, and the development of cognition and new skills.

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 ...

LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Britain is conducting a live experiment in what happens when a government tinkers with the tax perks of the mighty. In late October, finance minister Rachel ...

As a neuroscientist who advocates for housing and testing laboratory animals in natural habitats, I've found it amusing to see how far we've strayed from my lab practices with this project.

you get the idea. In neuroscientist Kelly Lambert's lab at the University of Richmond, rats hop into cars, rev their engines, and skid across the floor of an arena. Once they maneuver their vehicles ...

As temperatures drop and winter draws near, rats and mice often seek out warm spaces, including homes, sheds, and gardens. Rather than relying on harmful chemicals to keep them at bay, you can use ...

The study, published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, involved almost 30 lab rats who could self-administer small doses of cocaine by placing their noses in a specified hole.

Subscribe to Salon's weekly newsletter Lab Notes. The Hubble constant ... But the high-resolution images thus far have confirmed that the tension persists. A study published today in The ...

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UTEP Biologist Travis Moschak, Ph.D., oversees a student working in his lab in the Department of Biological Sciences. Moschak is the lead author of a new study that finds that individual reactions ...