Beatriz Calvo-Merino

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Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience Centre for Clinical Social and Cognitive Neuroscience City St George's University of London Love Science, Love Art.

Fig. 3. Total number of behaviours displayed. (A) Frequency of yawns and gapes in all the experimental conditions (Close and Post-Close, Gape and Post-Gape, Yawn and Post-Yawn). (B) Frequency of yawns (left) and gapes (right) during the exposure and post exposure period (5 min each) (C) Time spent lying down (left) and looking at the android (right) during the exposure and post exposure period.

Fig. 1. (A) Android conditions: Close, Gape, Yawn, and back view. (B) and (C) Examples of chimpanzee exhibiting yawning behaviour. (D) Examples of chimpanzee exhibiting gaping behaviour. (E) Examples of chimpanzee exhibiting yawning and lying down behaviour. Photos RMJM, Aline Sardin-Damasso & Mona.

Chimpanzees yawn when observing an android yawn