Contagious yawning, social cognition, and arousal: An investigation of the processes underlying shelter dogs' responses to human yawns

Animal Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-104

  Buttner, Alicia Phillips ^a   Strasser, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis familiaris; Contagious yawning; Cortisol; Dog; Interspecies interactions; Physiological arousal; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; AROUSAL; CHEMISTRY; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YAWNING;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YAWNING;

EID: 84891624442     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0641-z     Document Type: Article

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