"Rats housed in enriched environments - complete with toys, space, and companions - learned to drive faster than those in standard cages, highlighting neuroplasticity."
"Although cars made for rats are far from anything they would encounter in the wild, we believed that driving represented an interesting way to study how rodents acquire new skills."
"The project continues in my lab with new, improved rat-operated vehicles, or ROVs, designed by robotics professor John McManus and his students, resembling a rodent version of Tesla's Cybertruck."
"Unexpectedly, we found that the rats had an intense motivation for their driving training, often jumping into the car and revving the 'lever engine' before their vehicle hit the road."
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