ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022
"Emotional Proximity" and "Spatial Proximity": Higher Relationship Quality and Nearer Distance Both Strengthen Scratch Contagion in Tibetan Macaques.
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- The play fever: individual and group factors influence the contagion of play behaviour within social hominid groups.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2026Article
- Contagious yawning is stronger in wolves than in dog-admixed wolves.Animal cognition · 2026Article
- Behavioral Contagion in Wild Ecuadorian White-Fronted Capuchins (Cebus aequatorialis).American journal of primatology · 2026Article
- Contagious yawning and scratching in captive lemurs.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Yawning and scratching contagion in wild spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi).Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Behavioral contagion has been defined as a phenomenon in which an unlearned behavior automatically triggers a similar behavior in others. Previous studies showed that a behavioral contagion might have the function of strengthening social relationships, promoting group coordination and maintaining social cohesion. However, so far, there are few studies investigating the correlation between contagious scratching and social bonding. Tibetan macaques (
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