Empathic contagious pain and consolation in laboratory rodents: species and sex comparisons
R. Du, W.-J. Luo, K.-W. Geng, C.-L. Li, Y. Yu, N. Wei, T. He, J. Chen
This study compares empathic responses in male and female mice and rats, finding no species difference in empathic behaviors but notable sex differences in mice.
bioRxiv · Oct 15, 2019Animal Behavior & Cognition