Yawning…and why yawns are contagious: A theory on evolution and atavism
- 31 August 2008
- journal article
- other
- Published by Elsevier in Medical Hypotheses
- Vol. 71 (2) , 307
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2008.03.006
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