The crocheted cat hat originated as a practical solution to ... the researchers eventually created custom-made wool caps and slipped the electrodes inside of them so that the cats could not ...

To ensure cats would not interfere with the electrodes and attached wires, the researchers knitted custom-made wool hats to fit them inside and sit neatly on the cats’ heads. The cats tolerated the ...

Scientists have recorded electrical activity in the brains of awake cats for the first time, thanks to specially crocheted wool caps that hold the electrodes in place. The technique gives ...

Not only did the hats hold the electrodes in place, but the cats also stopped trying to chew the wires. With that problem solved, the real experiments could begin, designed to record brain ...

However, one warning sign that a cat could be ill in some way is that the cat hides away in a secluded area to sleep there instead of sleeping in an open place. That is an old survival instinct ...