No evidence of contagious yawning in the red-footed tortoise Geochelone carbonaria

Current Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 477-484

  Wilkinson, Anna ^a,b   Sebanz, Natalie ^c   Mandl, Isabella ^a   Huber, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contagious yawn; Empathy; Fixed action pattern; Nonconscious mimicry; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GEOCHELONE CARBONARIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 79958285163     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/57.4.477     Document Type: Article

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