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Dogs yawn when their owners yawn.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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2 sources for · 0 against

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Is it true that dogs yawn when their owners yawn?

Unclear. A peer-reviewed study and a popular almanac report that dogs yawned more in response to their owners' yawns than to strangers' or fake yawns, partially supporting the claim. The peer-reviewed items describe the study design and cite the familiarity effect rather than presenting the full result directly.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 2 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

Evidence for · 2
Familiarity Bias and Physiological Responses in Contagious Yawning by Dogs Support Link to Empathy
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Familiarity Bias and Physiological Responses in Contagious Yawning by Dogs Support Link to Empathy. (n.d.). journals.plos.org. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0071365&type=printable

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National Geographic Kids Almanac 2015
2014
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Kids, N. G. (2014). National Geographic Kids Almanac 2015. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=xRYmDAAAQBAJ&dq=Dogs+yawn+when+their+owners+yawn.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api

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