fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months agoNew kink unlockedmander.xyzexternal-linkmessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1545arrow-down111
arrow-up1534arrow-down1external-linkNew kink unlockedmander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square46linkfedilink
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 months agoAnyone got a link to the actual paper?
minus-squareDerisionConsulting@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·4 months agohttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166432819311763 It’s about stress levels, and how rats who were in control of the vehicles were less stress than rats who were just passengers.
minus-squareals@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoI feel like we don’t need to be mass breeding animals for this. To my knowledge we mainly use rats to test things we don’t want to put humans through, but I’ve heard enough backseat driving to solve this on my own without the use of rats
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoI don’t think the rats were especially bred for this. It’s more likely that existing lab rats got a bumper car break :3
Anyone got a link to the actual paper?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166432819311763
It’s about stress levels, and how rats who were in control of the vehicles were less stress than rats who were just passengers.
I feel like we don’t need to be mass breeding animals for this. To my knowledge we mainly use rats to test things we don’t want to put humans through, but I’ve heard enough backseat driving to solve this on my own without the use of rats
I don’t think the rats were especially bred for this.
It’s more likely that existing lab rats got a bumper car break :3