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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

It's a well-known fact that yawning is contagious and can spread around a room in a matter of seconds. Now, a study has shown that the same is true - for peeing. Researchers from Kyoto ...

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

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

Urinating is a contagious behaviour among chimpanzees, a study has found ...

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 ...

It reminded them of human behavior, and they wondered whether it might be comparable to contagious yawning. To find out, they documented peeing behaviors in the Kumamoto chimpanzees over more than ...