Sign of empathy: These monkeys mimic faces
Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 14:00
in Psychology & Sociology
By Tanya LewisLiveScienceThe ability to mimic the facial expressions of others is thought to be linked to empathy. It's known that humans and orangutans "ape" each other in this way, but gelada monkeys appear to do it too, a new study shows.The phenomenon, known as rapid facial mimicry, is an unconscious response that occurs when two animals are interacting. Researchers showed that geladas (Therop...