A decade after scientists discovered that lab rats will rescue a fellow rat in distress, but not a rat they consider an outsider, new UC Berkeley research pinpoints the brain regions that drive rats ...

A decade after scientists discovered that lab rats will rescue a fellow rat in distress, but not a rat they consider an outsider, new research from the University of California, Berkeley, pinpoints ...

Rats will often help their fellows if they are in distress, but they can be influenced not to – if other rats seem uninterested in the situation. This so-called bystander effect has been studied in ...

Agony is contagious. If you drop a thick textbook on your toes, circuits in your brain’s pain center come alive. If you pick it up and accidentally drop it on my toes, hurting me, an overlapping ...

Just like humans, rats tend to help members of their own social group before strangers. The findings may help researchers study similar social biases in humans. The paper was published in eLife ...

SAN DIEGO — A giant African rat at the San Diego Zoo is showing off her sense of smell and improving the reputation of her fellow rats along the way. Runa, a Gambian Pouched Rat, is an ambassador for ...

“We appear to live in an increasingly polarized society where there is a gap in empathy towards others,” said Bartal in a press release. “This work helps us understand prosocial, or helpful, acts ...

A decade after scientists discovered that lab rats will rescue a fellow rat in distress, but not a rat they consider an outsider, new research pinpoints the brain regions that drive rats to prioritize ...