Desire for social contact, not empathy, may explain “rescue” behavior in rats

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Animal Cognition

• Publication date

  2014-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1007/s10071-013-0692-1PMID 24126919
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