Desire for social contact, not empathy, may explain “rescue” behavior in rats
Desire for social contact, not empathy, may explain “rescue” behavior in rats
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Ben-Ami Bartal et al. (Science 334:1427–1430,
2011
) showed that a rat in an open space (free rat) would touch the front door of a restraining tube to open its rear door, thereby enabling a rat trapped within (trapped rat) to enter a larger space that was farther away from the free rat. Since opening the rear door distanced the trapped rat fr...
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Desire for social contact, not empathy, may explain “rescue” behavior in rats
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1520376475
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1520376475
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1435-9448
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1435-9456
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10.1007/s10071-013-0692-1
