Rats show kindness toward strangers, a new study shows

Peggy Mason, PhD, Professor of Neurobiology, Inbal Bartal, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, and their team have discovered that rats will show empathy toward strangers--but only strangers of a type that the rat has had previous social experience with. Learn more At Forefront of Medicine: Website: http://www.uchicagomedicine.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/uchicagomed Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/uchicagomed Make an appointment today at 888-824-0200.