title: An experimental task to examine the mirror system in rats.
abstract: The mirror system in the brain is considered to be a neural basis of sociality, but previous studies have been limited to primates. Here we report an experimental task to examine the mirror system in rats. We show that a rat could reach to a pellet and grasp and eat it in front of another rat that was observing the reaching, which indicates that the task will enable us to start exploring the rat mirror system.
authors.affiliation: 1] NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation [2] CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency.
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.affiliation: 1] NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation [2] CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency [3] Department of Psychology, Meiji Gakuin University.
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ukezono
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D012919:Social Behavior