Another Class of rats has started at VMI and is undergoing its new initiation and training exercises.

RICHMOND, Va. - Rats have learned how to drive and steer their own tiny cars in exchange for Froot Loops. It's evidence that mastering a complex task, like driving a car, bolstered the rats' emotional resilience. And though humans are certainly more complex than rats, Lambert said there are "universal truths" in how both species' brains interact within their environment to maintain optimal mental health. So these results have implications for human health, too (and no, they don't mean rats will drive alongside people in tiny lanes on highways). The activity can be something as simple as knitting, or in rats' case, learning to drive a car.