Summary: <p>Before you chase it with a broom, consider this – without the rat, we might miss critical insights into the nature of stress, cancer … and even love. These furry, red-eyed rodents have a unique role in medical research – and a ubiquitous companion to our urban lives.</p> <p>Discover the origins of the albino laboratory rat … what rat laughter sounds like, and why these four-legged fur balls don’t fall victim to the pressure of the rat race … but we do.</p> <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.rmc.edu/Academics/psychology/lambert.aspx">Kelly Lambert</a></strong> – Behavioral Neuroscientist, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006CDE9QK/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B006CDE9QK&linkCode=as2&tag=arweal-20">The Lab Rat Chronicles: A Neuroscientist Reveals Life Lessons from the Planet’s Most Successful Mammals</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B006CDE9QK" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""></i> </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.mcardle.wisc.edu/faculty/bio/gould_m.html">Michael Gould</a></strong> – Professor of Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/research_vcapp/Panksepp/">Jaak Panksepp</a></strong> – Neuroscientist, Veterinary College, Washington State University, author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393705315/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393705315&linkCode=as2&tag=arweal-20">The Archaeology of Mind: Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotions (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0393705315" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""></i> </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pico_Iyer">Pico Iyer </a></strong> – Writer, author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/030726761X/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=030726761X&linkCode=as2&tag=arweal-20">The Man Within My Head</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=030726761X" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""></i> and the <i>New York Times</i> article <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/opinion/sunday/the-joy-of-quiet.html?pagewanted=all">The Joy of Quiet</a> </li> </ul><p><strong><a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-el-espacio-invisible/">Descripción en español</a></strong></p>
