Yawning Is More Contagious in Pregnant Than Nulliparous Women: Naturalistic and Experimental Evidence

Yawning Is More Contagious in Pregnant Than Nulliparous Women: Naturalistic and Experimental Evidence

Contrary to spontaneous yawning, which is widespread in vertebrates and probably evolutionary ancient, contagious yawning—yawning triggered by others’ yawns—is considered an evolutionarily recent phenomenon, found in species characterized by complex sociality. Whether the social asymmetry observed i...

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Main Authors: Agostini, L. (Author), Caselli, M. (Author), Micheletti-Cremasco, M. (Author), Moroni, A. (Author), Norscia, I. (Author), Palagi, E. (Author), Vardé, C. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2021
Subjects:
adult
animal
Animals
article
cohort analysis
contagious yawning
controlled clinical trial
controlled study
emotion
Emotional contagion
Emotions
empathy
Empathy evolution
female
Female
human
Humans
imitation
Imitative Behavior
Infant, Newborn
major clinical study
Maternal–fetal attachment
mouth
newborn
nullipara
parental behavior
parity
Parity
pregnancy
Pregnancy
pregnant woman
Prenatal attachment
social behavior
Social Behavior
social environment
videorecording
yawning
Yawning
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