The surprising empathic abilities of rodents

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 143-144

  Mogil, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

MAMMALS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CAGE; CLINICAL STUDY; COOPERATION; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; HYPOTHESIS; LATENT PERIOD; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EMPATHY; HELPING BEHAVIOR; RATS; RODENTIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84857500270     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2011.12.012     Document Type: Short Survey

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