Investigating the mechanistic role of painful self-experience in emotional contagion: an effect of auto-conditioning?
J. Packheiser, E. Soyman, E. Paradiso, E. Ramaaker, N. Sahin, S. Muralidharan, M. Wohr, V. Gazzola, C. Keysers
The paper investigates whether auto-conditioning, through auditory associations with pain squeaks, enhances emotional contagion in rodents, but finds no significant differences in fear responses across experimental groups.
bioRxiv · Jun 27, 2022 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition