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Social Neuroscience: Rats Can Be Considerate to Others
Diego Scheggia1, Francesco Papaleo2
1Genetics of Cognition Laboratory, Neuroscience Area, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy; Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Current Biology : CB
|March 26, 2020
Abstract:
Are rats willing to avoid causing suffering in other rats? A new study shows that rats might change their behaviour if it is harmful to others.

