Social Modulation of Pain as Evidence for Empathy in Mice

by: Dale J Langford, Sara E Crager, Zarrar Shehzad, Shad B Smith, Susana G Sotocinal, Jeremy S Levenstadt, Mona L Chanda, Daniel J Levitin, Jeffrey S Mogil

Science, Vol. 312, No. 5782. (30 June 2006), pp. 1967-1970.

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Abstract

Empathy is thought to be unique to higher primates, possibly to humans alone. We report the modulation of pain sensitivity in mice produced solely by exposure to their cagemates, but not to strangers, in pain. Mice tested in dyads and given an identical noxious stimulus displayed increased pain behaviors with statistically greater co-occurrence, effects dependent on visual observation. When familiar mice were given noxious stimuli of different intensities, their pain behavior was influenced by their neighbor's status bidirectionally. Finally, observation of a cagemate in pain altered pain sensitivity of an entirely different modality, suggesting that nociceptive mechanisms in general are sensitized. 10.1126/science.1128322

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TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:746297 TI - Social Modulation of Pain as Evidence for Empathy in Mice JF - Science VL - 312 IS - 5782 SP - 1967 EP - 1970 N2 - Empathy is thought to be unique to higher primates, possibly to humans alone. We report the modulation of pain sensitivity in mice produced solely by exposure to their cagemates, but not to strangers, in pain. Mice tested in dyads and given an identical noxious stimulus displayed increased pain behaviors with statistically greater co-occurrence, effects dependent on visual observation. When familiar mice were given noxious stimuli of different intensities, their pain behavior was influenced by their neighbor's status bidirectionally. Finally, observation of a cagemate in pain altered pain sensitivity of an entirely different modality, suggesting that nociceptive mechanisms in general are sensitized. 10.1126/science.1128322 KW - animal KW - empathy KW - mice KW - pain AU - Langford, Dale AU - Crager, Sara AU - Shehzad, Zarrar AU - Smith, Shad AU - Sotocinal, Susana AU - Levenstadt, Jeremy AU - Chanda, Mona AU - Levitin, Daniel AU - Mogil, Jeffrey PY - 2006/06/30/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1128322 ER -

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