Yawning and thermoregulationAndrew C Gallup
Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, 13902, United States
Physiol Behav 95:10-6. 2008
..This view of yawning has widespread application for the basic physiological understanding of thermoregulation as well as for the improved diagnosis and treatment of diseases associated with abnormal thermoregulation...
Handgrip strength and socially dominant behavior in male adolescentsAndrew C Gallup
Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY, USA
Evol Psychol 8:229-43. 2010
..These findings support evolutionary hypotheses regarding grip strength in male-male competition and suggest that similar to measures of testosterone, HGS is a measure that is predictive of social behavior in older adolescent males...
Human paranasal sinuses and selective brain cooling: a ventilation system activated by yawning?Andrew C Gallup
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, United States
Med Hypotheses 77:970-3. 2011
..Such a powered ventilation system has not previously been described in humans, although an analogous system has been reported in birds...
The directional flow of visual information transfer between pedestriansAndrew C Gallup
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Biol Lett 8:520-2. 2012
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Visual attention and the acquisition of information in human crowdsAndrew C Gallup
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:7245-50. 2012
..Although the above aspects of gaze-following response are reproduced robustly between experimental setups, the overall tendency to respond to a stimulus is dependent on spatial features, social context, and sex of the passerby...
Intrasexual peer aggression and dating behavior during adolescence: an evolutionary perspectiveAndrew C Gallup
Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, New York, USA
Aggress Behav 37:258-67. 2011
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Why do we yawn? Primitive versus derived featuresAndrew C Gallup
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 35:765-9. 2011
..The current paper addresses these concerns, and identifies a number of other weaknesses in the social/communication hypothesis as a global explanation for the origin and function of yawning...
The direction and range of ambient temperature change influences yawning in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)Andrew C Gallup
Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13901, USA
J Comp Psychol 124:133-8. 2010
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A thermoregulatory behaviorAndrew C Gallup
Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA
Front Neurol Neurosci 28:84-9. 2010
..Applications from this research range from basic physiological understanding to the improved treatment and understanding of diseases associated with thermoregulatory dysfunction...
Yawning, sleep, and symptom relief in patients with multiple sclerosisAndrew C Gallup
Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA
Sleep Med 11:329-30. 2010
..Because yawning and sleep are involved in thermoregulation, we investigated the association between yawning, sleep, and symptom relief in patients with MS...
Auditory disturbances promote temporal clustering of yawning and stretching in small groups of budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)Michael L Miller
Integrative Neuroscience Program, Psychology Department, Binghamton University, USA
J Comp Psychol 126:324-8. 2012
..This research is of interest because of the potential role that temporal clumping of yawning and stretching could play in both the collective detection of, and response to, local disturbances or predation threats...
Residential mobility and prosocial development within a single cityDaniel Tumminelli O'Brien
Department of Biology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, USA
Am J Community Psychol 50:26-36. 2012
..Such neighborhood characteristics were not influential in the prosocial development of non-movers...
Evidence for contagious behaviors in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): an observational study of yawning and stretchingMichael L Miller
Integrative Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, United States
Behav Processes 89:264-70. 2012
..Experimental evidence will be necessary to confirm the extent of contagion in either behavior...
Indirect peer aggression in adolescence and reproductive behaviorDaniel D White
Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, New York, USA
Evol Psychol 8:49-65. 2010
..We discuss these results in terms of intrasexual competition and evolutionary theory...