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Cats in crocheted hats!!! For science.
L’université de Montréal researchers find a cute, more ethical and effective way to find out what’s going on in cats brains with EEGs.
“In a world first, researchers devised a way to non-invasively scan the brains of awake cats — instead of drilling electrodes into their skulls.”
Woke up to this cheering story about a new smart and kind way to study cats’ experiences of chronic pain and alternative ways to soothe it.
‘ “We knew that crochet hats only existed to be cute and we wanted to adapt them to our scientific purpose,” Delsart told the Star. “A successful bet!”
Another student and ardent crocheter in their lab got to work knitting the hats, into which were embedded ten gold-plated EEG electrodes.’
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