Familiarity bias and physiological responses in contagious yawning by dogs support link to empathy.

In humans, the susceptibility to yawn contagion has been theoretically and empirically related to our capacity for empathy. Because of its relevance to evolutionary biology, this phenomenon has been the focus of recent investigations in non-human species. In line with the empathic hypothesis, contag...

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Main Authors: Teresa Romero, Akitsugu Konno, Toshikazu Hasegawa
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c3842b83eb26407caa3765e5267d2660
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