Yearning to yawn: The neural basis of contagious yawning

NeuroImage

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1260-1264

  Schürmann, Martin ^a   Hesse, Maike D ^b,c   Stephan, Klaas E ^b,c   Saarela, Miiamaaria ^a   Zilles, Karl ^c,d   Hari, Riitta ^a   Fink, Gereon R ^b,c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d C and O Vogt Institute for Brain Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mirror neuron system; Periamygdalar region; Release phenomenon; Social perception; Superior temporal sulcus (STS); Yawning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIDEORECORDING; YAWNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; YAWNING;

EID: 12844270641     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.10.022     Document Type: Article

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