Experimental evidence of contagious yawning in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1051-1058

  Gallup, Andrew C ^a   Swartwood, Lexington ^a   Militello, Janine ^a   Sackett, Serena ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian cognition; Contagious yawning; Empathy; Yawning

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; MELOPSITTACUS; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; PSITTACIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BUDGERIGAR; EMPATHY; FEMALE; IMITATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; YAWNING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MELOPSITTACUS; YAWNING;

EID: 84939568443     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-015-0873-1     Document Type: Article

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