Contagious yawning: The role of self-awareness and mental state attribution

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-227

  Platek, Steven M ^a,b   Critton, Samuel R ^a   Myers, Thomas E ^a   Gallup Jr , Gordon G ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contagious yawning; Emotional contagion; Mental state attribution; Schizophrenia; Schizotypal personality; Self; Self awareness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE; YAWNING;

EID: 0038782148     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(03)00109-5     Document Type: Article

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