Learning about potential threats is critical for survival. Learned fear responses are acquired
either through direct experiences or indirectly through social transmission. Social fear …

Empathy is a phenomenon often considered dependent on higher-order emotional control
and an ability to relate to the emotional state of others. It is, by many, attributed only to …

INTRODUCTION Empathy, the adoption of another's sensory and emotional state, plays a
critical role in social interactions. Although, historically, empathy was often considered to be …

To define how the C9orf72 GGGGCC expansion mutation causes ALS/FTD and to facilitate
therapy development, a mouse model that recapitulates the molecular and phenotypic …

Observers learn to fear the context in which they witnessed a demonstrator's aversive
experience, called observational contextual fear conditioning (CFC). The neural …

Recognition of other's emotions influences the way social animals interact and adapt to the
environment. The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) has been implicated in different aspects of …

Emotion recognition represents the ability to encode an ensemble of sensory stimuli
providing information about the emotional state of another individual. This ability is not …

Different rat and mouse models are used in studies of social interactions. Simple behavioral
measures, which are commonly used in the laboratory, allow to perform relatively short …

In mouse studies, the results of behavioural experiments are greatly affected by differences
in the experimental environment and handling methods. The Porsolt forced swim test and …

Observational fear, a form of emotional contagion, is thought to be a basic form of affective
empathy. However, the neural process engaged at the specific moment when socially …