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Chimpanzees Show a Developmental Increase in Susceptibility to Contagious Yawning: A Test of the Effect of Ontogeny and Emotional Closeness on Yawn Contagion

Contagious yawning has been reported for humans, dogs and several non-human primate species, and associated with empathy in humans and other primates. Still, the function, development and underlying mechanisms of contagious yawning remain unclear. Humans and dogs show a developmental increase in sus...

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Autores principales: Madsen, Elainie Alenkær, Persson, Tomas, Sayehli, Susan, Lenninger, Sara, Sonesson, Göran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3797813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24146848
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076266