Receiving of emotional signal of pain from conspecifics in laboratory rats

Though recent studies have shown that rodents express emotions with their face, whether emotional expression in rodents has a communicative function between conspecifics is still unclear. Here, we demonstrate the ability of visual recognition of emotional expressions in laboratory rats. We found tha...

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Main Authors: Satoshi F. Nakashima, Masatoshi Ukezono, Hiroshi Nishida, Ryunosuke Sudo, Yuji Takano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2015-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.140381