Rats Regret Their Decisions, Study Finds
We bemoan our decisions when we get a bad deal or miss out. New research published in the journal Nature Neuroscience finds that regret may not be just a human emotion.
We bemoan our decisions when we get a bad deal or miss out. New research published in the journal Nature Neuroscience this week finds that regret may not be just a human emotion. It turns out rats also experience regret. Researcher David Redish at the…
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