reciprocity: Generalized reciprocity in rats.

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Generalized reciprocity in rats.

Description

Data from a study investigating generalized reciprocity in wild-type rats (Rattus norvegicus). The rats were trained to pull a stick to produce food for an unfamiliar partner rat. The rats were then put into two conditions in a cross-over design. In one condition the focal rat received help from other rats, while in the other condition they did not. The treatment order was randomized and separated by a four day interval. The number of pulls per minute was recorded for each treatment condition.

Usage

reciprocity

Format

A data frame 19 observations and three variables:

rat:

identifier of focal rat

help:

rate of pulls per minute after receiving help

nohelp:

rate of pulls per minute after not receiving any help

Note

Rats with the same first digit in their identifier were from the same litter.

Source

Rutte, C. & Taborsky, M. (2007). Generalized reciprocity in rats. PLoS Biol, 5(7): e196. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050196.

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