Saturday, September 18, 2010
Yawning Is Contagious - But Less So for Autistic Kids
Yawning is a socially contagious action. A study comparing autistic kids and typical kids found that the autistic kids were much less likely to yawn in response to videos of people yawning. This suggests that responsive yawning is a kind of empathy.
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