Complex Housing, but Not Maternal Deprivation Affects Motivation to Liberate a Trapped Cage-Mate in an Operant Rat Task

Complex Housing, but Not Maternal Deprivation Affects Motivation to Liberate a Trapped Cage-Mate in an Operant Rat Task

Early life environment influences the development of various aspects of social behavior, particularly during sensitive developmental periods. We studied how challenges in the early postnatal period or (early) adolescence affect pro-social behavior. To this end, we designed a lever-operated liberatio...

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Main Authors: Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J (Author), Graat, E.A.M (Author), Hinna Danesi, C. (Author), Joëls, M. (Author), Kalamari, A. (Author), Kentrop, J. (Author), van der Veen, R. (Author), van IJzendoorn, M.H (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Subjects:
adolescence
animal experiment
article
complex housing
decision making
expectation
female
housing
maternal deprivation
maternal deprivation model
Medical Subject Headings
motivation
nonhuman
operant liberation task
perinatal period
physiological stress
prosocial behavior
pro-social behavior
pro-social decision making
rat
rats (all MESH terms)
rearing
reward
social development
social evolution
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