Does yawning increase arousal through mechanical stimulation of the carotid body?
- 31 December 2008
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Medical Hypotheses
- Vol. 70 (3) , 488-492
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2007.06.027
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