A fundamental issue in cognitive neuroscience is how the brain encodes others' actions and
intentions. In recent years, a potential advance in our knowledge on this issue is the …

Spontaneous mimicry appears fundamental to emotional perception and contagion,
especially when it involves facial emotional expressions. Here we cover recent evidence on …

Theoretical perspectives suggest that the mirror neuron system (MNS) is an important
neurobiological contributor to empathy, yet empirical support is mixed. Here, we adopt a …

The EEG mu rhythm, recorded from scalp regions overlying the sensorimotor cortex,
appears to exhibit mirroring properties: It is reactive when performing an action and when …

Various studies and researchers have proposed a link between contagious yawning and
empathy, yet the conceptual basis for the proposed connection is not clear and deserves …

Different treatments for stroke patients have been proposed; among them the mirror therapy
and motion imagery lead to functional recovery by providing a cortical reorganization. Up …

Yawning is highly contagious, yet both its proximate mechanism (s) and its ultimate
causation remain poorly understood. Scholars have suggested a link between contagious …

Highlights•Lions yawn when they are relaxed and engage in social affiliation.•The arousal
state seems to inhibit yawning in wild lions.•Wild lions are infected by others' yawns.•Yawn …

In humans and apes, yawn contagion echoes emotional contagion, the basal layer of
empathy. Hence, yawn contagion is a unique tool to compare empathy across species. If …

Human empathy can extend to strangers and even other species, but it is unknown whether
non-humans are similarly broad in their empathic responses. We explored the breadth and …