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September 28, 2025Open Access

Rats spontaneously show categorical responses toward familiar or unfamiliar conspecifics in a habituation-dishabituation task using multiple habituation stimuli

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The study demonstrates social recognition in rats through habituation-dishabituation tasks, indicating familiarity impacts behavior.

Rats can distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics, influencing their social behavior.
During habituation, rats showed a decline in exploratory responses, demonstrating habituation to familiarity.
Despite individual variability, significant dishabituation was observed among rats that habituated sufficiently.
These results highlight the flexibility of social recognition strategies in rats involving both individual identity and familiarity.

Hakataya et al. (2025) studied this question.

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