Anybody watching? How others can affect helpful actions

Manon K. Schweinfurth

doi:10.3758/s13420-020-00443-4

Anybody watching? How others can affect helpful actions

Manon K. Schweinfurth

School of Psychology and Neuroscience

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5-6
Journal	Learning and Behavior
Volume	49
Early online date	3 Sept 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-020-00443-4
Publication status	Published - 20 Mar 2021

Keywords

Norway rats
Cooperation
Help
Bystander effect

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