Yawning isn’t the only bodily function that’s contagious. Japanese scientists have discovered that chimpanzees are more likely to urinate when they see other primates going No. 1 as well, as detailed ...

Colds and virus aren't the only things that are contagious to others. Mimicking a person, whether unconsciously or not, is ...

If you see or hear someone yawn, you might suddenly feel the urge to do the same, thanks to a well-studied phenomenon known as “contagious yawning.” Now, new research suggests urination may function ...

Contagious yawning refers to the tendency of individuals to yawn after seeing, hearing, or even thinking about someone else yawning. About 40% to 60% of people exhibit contagious yawning when ...

Scientists suspect that contagious urination, a behavior they observed among a troop of apes in Japan, may play an important ...

Just as people often yawn or scratch themselves when they see someone else do so, for chimpanzees, peeing is contagious ...

A new study reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on January 20 is the first to describe a phenomenon ...

The study of 2,000 adults revealed that the average adult yawns five times a day – with between 8pm and 10pm the most popular ...

Contagious behaviors are actions that can be sparked by the detection of that action in another individual. Yawning is ...

Kumamoto Sanctuary If you see or hear someone yawn, you might suddenly feel the urge to do the same, thanks to a well-studied phenomenon known as “contagious yawning.” Now, new research ...

They were curious to see if urination could be similar to contagious yawning seen in humans. In the study, they documented peeing behaviors in 20 chimpanzees at the Kumamoto Sanctuary. In more ...