Prairie Vole Consoling Response (IMAGE)

Emory Health Sciences

Prairie Vole Consoling Response

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Researchers have discovered that a social laboratory rodent, the prairie vole, shows an empathy-based consoling response when other voles are distressed.

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Emory University

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