Blood oxytocin concentration positively predicts contagious yawning behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder
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DOI: 10.1002/aur.2135
Abstract: Research suggests that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may have reduced empathy, as measured by an impaired contagious yawn response, compared to typically developing (TD) children. Other research has failed to replicate this finding,… read more here.
Keywords: yawning behavior; autism; contagious yawning; children autism ... See more keywords
A Neural Basis for Contagious Yawning
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.062
Abstract: Contagious yawning, in which yawning is triggered involuntarily when we observe another person yawn, is a common form of echophenomena-the automatic imitation of another's words (echolalia) or actions (echopraxia) [1]. The neural basis for echophenomena… read more here.
Keywords: neural basis; excitability; contagious yawning; basis contagious ... See more keywords
Philosopher's disease and its antidote: Perspectives from prenatal behavior and contagious yawning and laughing
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x16001254
Abstract: Abstract Accounts of behavior, including imitation, often suffer from philosopher's disease: the unnecessary, inappropriate, theoretically driven explanation of behavior in terms of cognition, rationality, and consciousness. Embryos are perversely unphilosophical and unpsychological, starting to move… read more here.
Keywords: yawning laughing; philosopher disease; contagious yawning; perspectives prenatal ... See more keywords
Contagious Yawning, Empathy, and Their Relation to Prosocial Behavior
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DOI: 10.1037/xge0000422
Abstract: Humans express facial mimicry across a variety of actions. This article explores a distinct example, contagious yawning, and the links to empathy and prosocial behavior. Prior studies have suggested that there is a positive link… read more here.
Keywords: contagious yawning; yawning empathy; prosocial behavior; empathy relation ... See more keywords
Contagious Yawning in African Elephants (Loxodonta africana): Responses to Other Elephants and Familiar Humans
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DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00252
Abstract: While spontaneous yawning is common across all vertebrate classes, contagious yawning is less common and has been observed only in a few species of social animals. Interspecific contagious yawning in response to yawning by humans… read more here.
Keywords: intraspecific contagious; african elephants; yawning african; contagious yawning ... See more keywords