Rats show empathy says a study published in Nature.
Whereas human pro-social behavior is often driven by empathic concern
for another, it is unclear whether nonprimate mammals experience a
similar motivational state.
To test for empathically motivated
pro-social behavior in rodents, we placed a free rat in an arena with a
cagemate trapped in a restrainer. After several sessions, the free rat
le
arned to intentionally and quickly open the restrainer and free the cagemate.
Rats did not open empty or object-containing restrainers. They freed
cagemates even when social contact was prevented. When liberating a
cagemate was pitted against chocolate contained within a second
restrainer, rats opened both restrainers and typically shared the
chocolate. Thus, rats behave pro-socially in response to a conspecific’s
distress, providing strong evidence for biological roots of
empathically motivated helping behavior.
To learn more about the article published in Nature,
http://www.sciencemag.org/
Rats show empathy says a study published in Nature.
Whereas human pro-social behavior is often driven by empathic concern for another, it is unclear whether nonprimate mammals experience a similar motivational state.
To test for empathically motivated pro-social behavior in rodents, we placed a free rat in an arena with a cagemate trapped in a restrainer. After several sessions, the free rat le
Whereas human pro-social behavior is often driven by empathic concern for another, it is unclear whether nonprimate mammals experience a similar motivational state.
To test for empathically motivated pro-social behavior in rodents, we placed a free rat in an arena with a cagemate trapped in a restrainer. After several sessions, the free rat le
arned to intentionally and quickly open the restrainer and free the cagemate.
Rats did not open empty or object-containing restrainers. They freed cagemates even when social contact was prevented. When liberating a cagemate was pitted against chocolate contained within a second restrainer, rats opened both restrainers and typically shared the chocolate. Thus, rats behave pro-socially in response to a conspecific’s distress, providing strong evidence for biological roots of empathically motivated helping behavior.
To learn more about the article published in Nature,
http://www.sciencemag.org/
Rats did not open empty or object-containing restrainers. They freed cagemates even when social contact was prevented. When liberating a cagemate was pitted against chocolate contained within a second restrainer, rats opened both restrainers and typically shared the chocolate. Thus, rats behave pro-socially in response to a conspecific’s distress, providing strong evidence for biological roots of empathically motivated helping behavior.
To learn more about the article published in Nature,
http://www.sciencemag.org/
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