Helping your fellow rat: Rodents show empathy-driven behavior

Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 18:30 in Health & Medicine

The first evidence of empathy-driven helping behavior in rodents has been observed in laboratory rats that repeatedly free companions from a restraint, according to a new study by University of...

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