Individual variation in contagious yawning susceptibility is highly stable and largely unexplained by empathy or other known factors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Bartholomew, Alex J ^a   Cirulli, Elizabeth T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL TEST; NEUROBIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMNOLENCE; TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER; YAWNING; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YAWNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897992876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091773     Document Type: Article

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