The thermoregulatory theory of yawning: what we know from over five years of research

Over the past five years numerous reports have confirmed and replicated the specific brain cooling and thermal window predictions derived from the thermoregulatory theory of yawning, and no study has found evidence contrary to these findings. Here we review the comparative research supporting this m...

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Main Authors: Andrew C Gallup, Omar Tonsi Eldakar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2012.00188/full