Study: Cats in little crocheted hats shed light on feline chronic pain | Ars Technica

Our feline overlords aren't particularly known for obeying commands from mere humans, which can make it difficult to study their behaviors in controlled laboratory settings. So a certain degree of ingenuity is required to get usable results—like crocheting adorable little hats for kitties taking part in electroencephalogram (EEG) experiments. That's what researchers at the University of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, did to learn more about assessing chronic pain in cats—and they succeeded. According to their recent paper published in the Journal of Neuroscience Methods, it's the first time scientists have recorded the electrical activity in the brains of conscious cats.

That's a clever idea!
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https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/scientists-crocheted-tiny-hats-for-cats-to-record-eegs-of-brain-response-to-pain/