A thirteen-year-old patient is presented, to demonstrate how the active analysis of nonverbal expressive behavior, in this case yawning, was of value in understanding and treating a youngster who, because he was so withdrawn, would not otherwise have been amenable to the standard one-to-one psychotherapeutic approach. In discussing the clinical material, the literature concerning nonverbal expr...

While yawning is an example of behavioral continuity within mammals, the contagion of yawning, that is yawning after seeing someone else yawning, is only present in humans. We proposed that contagion of yawning is only possible in species showing altogether empathy, TOM and imitation and other perspective-taking capabilities. Preston and de Waal claimed that the PA Model might help explaining a...

driver drowsiness has been one of the main causes of on-road crashes which can lead to death, physical injuries and impose significant costs on the societies. the development of non-intrusive methods to be able to detect driver drowsiness in the early stages of drowsiness is great of importance. this is an educational review and its purpose is to provide recent achievements about non-intrusive ...

Yawning is a widely recognized behavior in mammalian species. One would expect that elephants yawn, although to our knowledge, no one has reported observations of yawning in any species of elephant. After confirming a behavioral pattern matching the criteria of yawning in two Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in a zoological setting, this study was pursued with nine captive African elephants (L...

BACKGROUND Currently, many imaging photoplethysmography (IPPG) researches have reported non-contact measurements of physiological parameters, such as heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR), etc. However, it is accepted that only HR measurement has been mature for applications, and other estimations are relatively incapable for reliable applications. Thus, it is worth keeping on persistent studi...

Systemic administration of D2-like dopaminergic-receptor agonists increases yawning behavior. However, only a few studies have been done in animals with pathological conditions. The taiep rat is a myelin mutant with an initial hypomyelination followed by progressive demyelination, being the brainstem one of the most affected areas. In our experiments, we analyzed the effects of systemic adminis...

FRANK E, McKINNEy, new cha i rman of the Democratic National Committee, last week came out formally against sin. "A public office is a public t rust ," he re peated, with credit to the late president Grover Cleveland. Mr. McKinney then attacked the g ra f te r s in government, flailing about h inr with a display of oratorical vigor. President T ruman seconded these sentiments with a let ter urg...

Contagious yawning (i.e., yawning triggered by perceiving others’ yawning) is a well-documented phenomenon, but the mechanism underlying it is still unclear. In this chapter, I review the current evidence about (a) developmental studies with typically and atypically developing population and (b) comparative studies in non-human animals. Developmental studies have revealed that contagious yawnin...

Objectives. (1) To translate techniques developed in a previous cadaver study of balloon dilation of the cartilaginous eustachian tube (ET) into clinical treatment for refractory dilatory dysfunction and (2) to study the safety/efficacy of the technique in a pilot clinical trial. Study Design. Prospective with subjects as their own historical controls since June 2009. Setting. Regional academic...