Showing posts with label Autism and yawning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Autism and yawning. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Autism and yawning

Children with autism spectrum disorder are not as susceptible to contagious yawning as other children.

(Source: Senju, A., et al., Absence of contagious yawning in children with autism spectrum disorder, Biology Lett., August 14, 2007 (DOI 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0337).