The functional relationship between yawning and vigilance

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 159-166

  Guggisberg, Adrian G ^a   Mathis, Johannes ^a   Herrmann, Uli S ^a   Hess, Christian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arousal; Behaviour; Communication; Maintenance of wakefulness test; Vigilance; Yawning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; YAWNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; WAKEFULNESS; YAWNING;

EID: 33947316603     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.01.027     Document Type: Article

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