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·August 20, 2015·2 min read

According to a new study, those with psychopathic characteristics are less likely to react to a contagious yawn as their more empathetic peers.

·September 1, 2017·5 min read

According to a new Current Biology study, contagious yawning is triggered by primitive reflexes in the primary motor cortex.

·September 5, 2017·3 min read

Perceptual ability is more closely related to contagious yawning than empathy, researchers find.

·May 22, 2018·4 min read

Researchers investigate the biological aspects of yawning and consider why yawning is so contagious.

·July 30, 2019·2 min read

The neural basis for a preference of yawning is apparent in babies as young as 5 months.

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