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In bonobos yawn contagion is higher among kin and friends.

In humans, the distribution of yawn contagion is shaped by social closeness with strongly bonded pairs showing higher levels of contagion than weakly bonded pairs. This ethological finding led the authors to hypothesize that the phenomenon of yawn contagion may be the result of certain empathic abil...

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Main Authors: Elisa Demuru, Elisabetta Palagi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3498209?pdf=render
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