Familiarity modulates both intra- and interspecific yawn contagion in red-capped mangabeys

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 11138 - 10
• Main Authors: Pedruzzi, Luca, Aychet, Juliette, Le Vern, Lise, Maglieri, Veronica, Rossard, Arnaud, Lemasson, Alban, Palagi, Elisabetta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.07.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/378; 631/477; Bias; Cognitive science; Empathy; Familiarity; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hypotheses; Interspecific; multidisciplinary; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Social bonds; Species; Synchronization; Yawning behavior
• ISSN: 2045-2322; 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-15395-0

Yawn contagion (YC) is, compared to spontaneous yawning, an evolutionary recent phenomenon probably linked to behavioral synchronization in highly social species that is more likely when it involves familiar subjects. Here, we investigate for the first time in monkeys which factors modulate intra- a...