Humans are not the only mammals with a gaming habit. In this video from Harvard Medical School, a mouse scurries on the top of a large, styrofoam trackball, its movements replicated on a video screen.

As memory fades, people may have difficulty learning new things or navigating their surroundings. In an experiment with rats, scientists explore the role of the hippocampus in helping rats get through ...

UCLA scientists observed the activity of large numbers of neurons in the brains of rats while the animals navigated a virtual reality maze. [Mehta Lab/UCLA] It has been long understood that the area ...

VR is being utilized to revolutionize traditional maze studies. Researchers from Princeton University (NJ, USA) have used a virtual reality (VR) technique to demonstrate that mice accumulate evidence ...

Testing rats in a virtual reality (VR) maze uncovers a specific neural mechanism behind navigation, offering an insight into the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. In a recent study, senior ...