Emotional contagion and prosocial behavior in rodents

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  • who: Christian Keysers from the Amsterdam, the Netherlands University of have published the research: Emotional contagion and prosocial behavior in rodents, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
  • what: The information benefits for the observer raise the question of whether the primary motivation for observers is to console or to seek information.
  • how: Showed that if the focal rat must move first focal rats develop no preference at all or only a slight one for the prosocial side where they see the follower receive food (55%) .
  • future: Future experiments will need to explore whether . . .

     

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