ISBN:
9783805594059
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 159 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Tabellen, Diagramme
Series Statement:
Frontiers of neurology and neuroscience Vol. 28
Series Statement:
Frontiers of neurology and neuroscience
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The mystery of yawning in physiology and disease
DDC:
612.21
Keywords:
Yawning
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Yawning physiology
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Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Gähnen
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Gähnen
Abstract:
Yawning is a stereotyped phylogenetically ancient phenomenon that occurs in almost all vertebrates. As an emotional behavior and an expressive movement, yawning has many consequences; nevertheless, it has so far been poorly addressed in medical research and practice. Bringing together the latest research from many fields, this volume integrates current insights within embryology, ethology, neurophysiology, psychology, fMRI and pathology. The phylogenetic and ontogenetic aspects of yawning offer an interesting perspective on human development, and its occurrence in neurological diseases - an area explored by only a few investigators - may provide useful clinical information. This book will make valuable and fascinating reading to neurologists, sleep specialists, psychologists, ethologists and pharmacologists, as well as to anybody interested in uncovering the mystery of yawning.
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Historical perspectives
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Popular knowledge and beliefs
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Yawning throughout life
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Fetal yawning
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Sleep, sleepiness, and yawning
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Interplay between yawning and vigilance : a review of the experimental evidence
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Hidden sexuality of the yawn and the future of chasmology
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Non-human primates : a comparative developmental perspective
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Punishment-induced fear modifies the daily course of yawning in rats
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A thermoregulatory behavior
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Neurophamacology of yawning
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Yawn, yawn, yawn, yawn ; yawn, yawn, yawn! The social, evolutionary, and neuroscientific facets of contagious yawning
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Developmental and comparative perspectives of contagious yawning
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Methodological problems in the study of contagious yawning
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Exploring with neuroimaging
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Associated movements in hemiplegic limbs
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Associated diseases
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