Auditory disturbances promote temporal clustering of yawning and stretching in small groups of budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 324-328

  Miller, Michael ^a,b   Gallup, Andrew ^a,c   Vogel, Andrea ^a   Clark, Anne ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Collective behavior; Contagious behavior; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PARAKEET; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YAWNING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; MELOPSITTACUS; MOVEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YAWNING;

EID: 85047688695     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026520     Document Type: Article

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