Conspecific interactions predict social transmission of fear in female rats
Abstract Social transmission of fear occurs in a subset of individuals, where an Observer displays a fear response to a previously neutral stimulus after witnessing or interacting with a conspecific Demonstrator during memory retrieval. The conditions under which fear can be acquired socially in rat...
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| author | Sydney Seese Carolyn E. Tinsley Grace Wulffraat J. Gregory Hixon Marie-H. Monfils |
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| description | Abstract Social transmission of fear occurs in a subset of individuals, where an Observer displays a fear response to a previously neutral stimulus after witnessing or interacting with a conspecific Demonstrator during memory retrieval. The conditions under which fear can be acquired socially in rats have received attention in recent years, and suggest that social factors modulate social transmission of information. We previously found that one such factor, social rank, impacts fear conditioning by proxy in male rats. Here, we aimed to investigate whether social roles as determined by nape contacts in females, might also have an influence on social transmission of fear. In-line with previous findings in males, we found that social interactions in the home cage can provide insight into the social relationship between female rats and that these relationships predict the degree of fear acquired by-proxy. These results suggest that play behavior affects the social transfer/transmission of information in female rats. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b212469482094e04b0ab4375f63c4aff2024-04-07T11:16:35ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-04-0114111110.1038/s41598-024-58258-6Conspecific interactions predict social transmission of fear in female ratsSydney Seese0Carolyn E. Tinsley1Grace Wulffraat2J. Gregory Hixon3Marie-H. Monfils4Department of Psychology, University of Texas at AustinDepartment of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science UniversityDepartment of Psychology, University of Texas at AustinDepartment of Psychology, University of Texas at AustinDepartment of Psychology, University of Texas at AustinAbstract Social transmission of fear occurs in a subset of individuals, where an Observer displays a fear response to a previously neutral stimulus after witnessing or interacting with a conspecific Demonstrator during memory retrieval. The conditions under which fear can be acquired socially in rats have received attention in recent years, and suggest that social factors modulate social transmission of information. We previously found that one such factor, social rank, impacts fear conditioning by proxy in male rats. Here, we aimed to investigate whether social roles as determined by nape contacts in females, might also have an influence on social transmission of fear. In-line with previous findings in males, we found that social interactions in the home cage can provide insight into the social relationship between female rats and that these relationships predict the degree of fear acquired by-proxy. These results suggest that play behavior affects the social transfer/transmission of information in female rats.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58258-6 |
| spellingShingle | Sydney Seese Carolyn E. Tinsley Grace Wulffraat J. Gregory Hixon Marie-H. Monfils Conspecific interactions predict social transmission of fear in female rats Scientific Reports |
| title | Conspecific interactions predict social transmission of fear in female rats |
| title_full | Conspecific interactions predict social transmission of fear in female rats |
| title_fullStr | Conspecific interactions predict social transmission of fear in female rats |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conspecific interactions predict social transmission of fear in female rats |
| title_short | Conspecific interactions predict social transmission of fear in female rats |
| title_sort | conspecific interactions predict social transmission of fear in female rats |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58258-6 |
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