• Trends Cogn. Sci. (Regul. Ed.) · Mar 2012

    The surprising empathic abilities of rodents.

    • Jeffrey S Mogil.
    • Department of Psychology and Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada. jeffrey.mogil@mcgill.ca
    • Trends Cogn. Sci. (Regul. Ed.). 2012 Mar 1;16(3):143-4.

    AbstractMany believe empathy and related pro-social behaviors to be the sole province of humans. The evolutionary antecedents of such phenomena, however, have been observed in lower mammals. By demonstrating empathy-based helping behavior in rats, a recently published study has provided clear-cut evidence that pro-social behaviors are not limited to humans.Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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