Elisabetta Palagi

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University of Pisa

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Elisabetta Palagi is a Professor at Università di Pisa, Italy. Her research focuses on animal behavior, particularly studying social interactions and emotional cues in various species, including chimpanzees, bonobos, and macaques. Recent articles authored by her examine topics such as yawning contagion, social play, and complex facial signals, contributing to a deeper understanding of social cohesion and communication in non-human animals.

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Emory University

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Marina Davila-Ross

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Dimitri Giunchi

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Articles (26)

Yawn contagion plasticity in semiwild chimpanzees: females ‘leading’ the way at times

Late bloomers in play: social isolation and playful skills in an adult bonobo

Inertia and Rapid Divergence in the Evolution of Yawning: A Comparison Between Two Closely Related but Socially Different Monkeys

Mutual gaze and facial mimicry as drivers of shared engagement in macaque play fighting

Wild gelada monkeys detect emotional and prosocial cues in vocal exchanges during aggression

Yawning in sync: implications for social cohesion in horses

Diving back two hundred million years: yawn contagion in fish

Teeth Baring as a Model to Understand Complex Facial Signals in a Tolerant Macaque Species

What do rattle quills tell? A morphological analysis of the rattling in the African crested porcupine

Wolves and dogs unleashed: exploring differences and similarities in adult play

Bridging Species Divides: Affiliative Interactions between Theropithecus gelada and Papio anubis in an Unprotected Area in Ethiopia

Tell-tale signals: faces reveal playful and aggressive mood in wolves

More than a simple fixed action pattern: Yawning in drills

Rapid facial mimicry as a regulator of play in a despotic macaque species

Manual preference, performance, and dexterity for bimanual grass‐feeding behavior in wild geladas (Theropithecus gelada)

Social play and affiliation as possible coping strategies in a group of Maremmana beef cattle

Record of thanatology and cannibalism in drills (Mandrillus leucophaeus)

Reaching versus catching: flexible hand preference in ring-tailed lemurs

Don’t stop me now, I’m having such a good time! Czechoslovakian wolfdogs renovate the motivation to play with a bow

Social Isolation Affects the Mimicry Response in the Use of Smartphones

The evolution and ontogeny of play: comparative perspectives

Stone handling in geladas (Theropithecus gelada): implications for spontaneous drawing-like activity as a playful behavior

Cracking the laugh code: laughter through the lens of biology, psychology and neuroscience

Laughter, play faces and mimicry in animals: evolution and social functions

The naturalistic approach to laughter in humans and other animals: towards a unified theory

Yawning informs behavioural state changing in wild spotted hyaenas

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Frans B. M. de Waal

Marina Davila-Ross

Dimitri Giunchi

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