Super Rat

I've blogged about vasopressin (the anti-diuretic that also promotes bonding) before and my observation that chronically thirsty people seem to have less empathy.

Here comes another ripple in this parched tale/tail: Rats engineered to be deficient in the hormone seem to do better at certain tasks. They have "enhanced visuospatial attention performance and faster motor-initiation times."

Hmm, that geek chugging Mana potion in the corner who's reeeally good at Ikaruga...Just walk away slowly.