Reddon, AR and Swaney, WT (2023) Fellowship of the fin: Fish empathy and oxytocin. Learning & Behavior. ISSN 1543-4494
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Publisher URL: http://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-023-00593-1
Abstract
Zebrafish exhibit fear contagion, a basic form of empathy, and when observing social fellows that have been exposed to predation cues, will themselves exhibit similar distress behaviours. As in mammals, the nonapeptide hormone oxytocin is essential for this empathic response, and homologous areas of the brain are involved, suggesting that the mechanistic basis of empathy may be conserved among vertebrates.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1701 Psychology; 1702 Cognitive Sciences; Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology Q Science > QL Zoology |
Divisions: | Biological & Environmental Sciences (new Sep 19) |
Publisher: | Springer |
SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2023 14:15 |
Last Modified: | 06 Jul 2023 14:15 |
DOI or Identification number: | 10.3758/s13420-023-00593-1 |
URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/20238 |
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