This week’s Mysterious Citation of the Week is: “Retracted: Fear of the Yawning Mother: A Case of Misophonia,” Noel Collins, Australasian Psychiatry, 18.1 (2010): 71-72.
Tag: yawning
British tortoise-yawn-contagion researcher discusses prize
The BBC reports: Is yawning among tortoises contagious? A Nobel prize may be the most sought after gong in the scientific world, but a lecturer from the University of Lincoln has picked up the next best thing. Dr Anna Wilkinson has won an Ig Nobel prize, to honour achievements that first make people laugh and then […]
Detail about the yawning conference
Investigator David F. Austin informs us that the Paris yawning conference has announced details of what will (or at least might) transpire. The world has awaited this information for months now, since the conference was announced. The basics (we remind you) are: Première conférence internationale sur le bâillement First International Conference on Yawning Paris, 24 […]
Yawning Invitation: Paris in June
Première conférence internationale sur le bâillement First International Conference on Yawning Paris, 24 – 25 juin 2010 We are proud to announce the First International Conference on Yawning. These two days meetings bring together leading international speakers to review both emerging information and its convergence with current understanding. Join leaders in the field on June […]