Diving back two hundred million years: yawn contagion in fish

Abstract Yawning is a widespread and automatic behavior in vertebrates. Yawn contagion, responding with a yawn to others’ yawns, helps synchronize motor activities, particularly in social animals, promoting coordination within groups. While primarily observed in social, endothermic species, yawn con...

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Main Authors: Alice Galotti, Gianluca Manduca, Matteo Digregorio, Sara Ambrosini, Donato Romano, Massimiliano Andreazzoli, Elisabetta Palagi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-04-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08004-z
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