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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Main Authors: Sydney Seese, Carolyn E. Tinsley, Grace Wulffraat, J. Gregory Hixon, Marie-H. Monfils
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58258-6

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