In Bonobos Yawn Contagion Is Higher among Kin and Friends

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Demuru, Elisa ^a,b   Palagi, Elisabetta ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL SOCIETY; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAN PANISCUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; YAWNING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIR BOND; PAN PANISCUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YAWNING;

PAN PANISCUS;

EID: 84869118911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049613     Document Type: Article

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