Rats can learn to play hide and seek with humans

It turns out that dogs and cats are not the only animals that like to play with their owners. A new study has found that rats can learn to play hide and seek with humans and excel at the game.   The study, conducted by researchers from the Humboldt University of Berlin, presents a new framework for understanding the playfulness of animals which can be challenging to measure with traditional neuroscience methods.   Because the only reward in playing is the game itself, it is not well-understood how playfulness …