An investigation of auditory contagious yawning

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 335-342

  Arnott, Stephen R ^a,b   Singhal, Anthony ^c   Goodale, Melvyn A ^b  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTAGIOUS YAWNING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEARING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; YAWNING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; YAWNING;

EID: 68949098310     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.9.3.335     Document Type: Article

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