A haunting and conceptually charged work by Bruce Nauman, *I Learned Helplessness From Rats (cordes 61)* reflects the artist's longstanding engagement with psychological experimentation, language, and the boundaries of human behavior. The title invokes the famous behavioral psychology studies in which animals were conditioned into states of passive resignation, turning scientific methodology into a darkly ironic lens through which to examine human vulnerability and social conditioning. True to Nauman's practice, the work challenges viewers to confront uncomfortable truths about power, control, and the systems that shape both animal and human experience.