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Helping behavior in prairie voles: A model of empathy and the importance of oxytocin

Several studies suggest that rodents show empathic responses and helping behavior toward others. We examined whether prairie voles would help conspecifics who were soaked in water by opening a door to a safe area. Door-opening latency decreased as task sessions progressed. Female and male voles stay...

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Autores principales: Kitano, Kota, Yamagishi, Atsuhito, Horie, Kengo, Nishimori, Katsuhiko, Sato, Nobuya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8931361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35310938
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.103991