Conducta pro-social en ratas

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Rodolfo Bernal-Gamboa

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Recientemente el comportamiento pro-social se ha convertido en un tema de interés dentro de las ciencias cognitivas. Aunque algunos autores han sugerido que la pro-socialidad es específica de los humanos, hallazgos recientes en ratas sugieren que la pro-socialidad es un fenómeno compartido por diferentes especies de animales. El presente artículo realiza una revisión de las tareas desarrolladas recientemente para evaluar la conducta pro-social en ratas. Asimismo, se discuten críticamente los hallazgos de dichos experimentos con la finalidad de analizar si el mecanismo que subyace a la conducta pro-social en ratas es la empatía.

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Conducta pro-social en ratas. (2017). Revista Argentina De Ciencias Del Comportamiento, 9(1), 74-80. https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v9.n1.15135
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Rodolfo Bernal-Gamboa, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Facultad de Psicología

Profesor Asociado, Cabeza del Laboratorio de Cognición Comparada.

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Conducta pro-social en ratas. (2017). Revista Argentina De Ciencias Del Comportamiento, 9(1), 74-80. https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v9.n1.15135

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