Prosocial Choice in Rats Depends on Food-Seeking Behavior Displayed by Recipients

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 1736-1745

  Márquez, Cristina ^a   Rennie, Scott M ^a   Costa, Diana F ^a   Moita, Marta A ^a  

^a CHAMPALIMAUD CENTRE FOR THE UNKNOWN   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ALTRUISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MAZE TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALTRUISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84937522956     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: 18790445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.05.018     Document Type: Article

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