Anybody watching? How others can affect helpful actions
Abstract
A new study by Havlik et al. (Science Advances, 6(28), eabb4205, 2020) reveals that rats are less likely to help a conspecific in need in the presence of passive bystanders, but that they are more likely to help when there are active bystanders that engage in helping. This study highlights the social skills of rats and the role of bystanders on cooperation, raising a range of interesting questions that should be explored both theoretically and empirically.
Citation
Schweinfurth , M K 2021 , ' Anybody watching? How others can affect helpful actions ' , Learning and Behavior , vol. 49 , pp. 5-6 . https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-020-00443-4
Publication
Learning and Behavior
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1543-4494Type
Journal article
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