Reduced contagious yawning in psychiatric disorders: a systematic review of potential social-cognitive mechanisms

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Mind & Mental Health Switzerland

IntroductionContagious yawning has been proposed to reflect multiple aspects of social cognition, including empathy, emotional contagion, self-processing, Theory of Mind (ToM), and action observation mechanisms such as the human mirror neuron system (hMNS). However, its underlying mechanisms remain debated, with evidence suggesting additional roles for social attention, gaze allocation, social…

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