Dogs yawn more often in response to owners' yawns than strangers
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 16:01
in Psychology & Sociology
Dogs yawn contagiously when they see a person yawning, and respond more frequently to their owner's yawns than to a stranger's, according to research published August 7 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Teresa Romero and colleagues from the University of Tokyo.