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Yawning as a Stereotyped Action Pattern and Releasing Stimulus
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Yawning was induced by instructing subjects to “think about yawning.” Yawns were consistent in duration (X = 5.9 s), periodic (X interyawn interval = 68.3 s), and within‐subject stability in yawn duration and frequency was maintained for at least several weeks. These and other characteristics qualified yawning as a stereotyped action pattern. Although visually observed yawns were potent yawn releasing stimuli, “thinking about” or reading about yawning also elicited yawning and were additional vectors for its “infectiousness.” The respiratory, stretching and “imitative” aspects of yawning were also evaluated.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Provine, R. R.
- Venue
- Ethology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1986-01-12
- Volume
- 72
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 109-122
- ISSN
- 0179-1613 (ISSN-L)
- 1439-0310
- OpenAlex
- W1993887338
- Cited by
- 310
- References
- 23
- FWCI
- 2.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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