Bone Tired: You Yawn, So Does Your Dog | Synopsis

Bone Tired: You Yawn, So Does Your Dog

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It turns out that part of canine habits may provide evidence that dogs truly are man 's best buddy. A study from Lund University in Sweden located that our canine friends typically yawn in reaction to seeing a human do the exact same thing. The phenomenon, known as contagious yawning, is prominent among many groups of pets, humans included. However, the process, which is believed to show empathy and help contribute to team mentality and social structure, has actually been less studied between types.

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Elainie Madsen

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-0.0240607	“We showed that the dogs were yawning contagiously – not just yawning but they also took on the emotion that yawning usually signifies, which is usually sleepiness and tiredness,” she said. ...
0	“They go through what seems to be an empathy development that somehow mirrors humans’ empathy development, so it’s just obviously on a very different time scale,” Madsen said. ...
0.146546	“They go through what seems to be an empathy development that somehow mirrors humans’ empathy development, so it’s just obviously on a very different time scale,” Madsen said. “Human children don’t begin to yawn contagiously until they’re about 4 years old. Below that age, they seem pretty immune to others yawning at them. In dogs, this happens when they’re about 7 months old. Dogs below that age don’t seem to yawn, either.”
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Organization: Lund University

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Country: Sweden

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We’ve all heard that a dog’s bark can be worse than its bite, but what about its yawn? It turns out that aspect of canine behavior may provide evidence that dogs really are man’s best friend. A study out of Lund University in Sweden found that...

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Bone Tired: You Yawn, So Does Your Dog

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