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In a recent study, Platek looked at contagious yawning in people with “high empathy,” “low empathy” and everything in between.
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So Platek put volunteers in M.R.I. machines and made them yawn again and again to pinpoint the areas of the brain involved.
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But Platek says he thinks it has to do with empathy.
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Men had such a strong bias for self-resemblance that Mr. Platek and his team suspected that there was something unique about how the male brain processes children's faces.
The Plight of the Pregnant Man Jena Pincott 2011
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When their brains lighted up in the exact regions of the brain involved in empathy, Platek remembers thinking, “Wow, this is so cool!”
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“Scientists like me usually go to conferences and give talks about technical mumbo jumbo,” Platek says.
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“My favorite way to induce a yawn,” Platek says, “is a video clip of a good yawner paired with yawn audio.”
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Steven Platek, a cognitive neuroscientist, and his colleagues took photos of volunteers and then digitally blended each one's face with those of babies and children of various ages.
The Plight of the Pregnant Man Jena Pincott 2011
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Platek said the judge didn't have the power to order that.
News - chicagotribune.com By St 2012
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"Conner basically came out and said, 'I strangled my cellmate,'" Platek said.
News - chicagotribune.com By St 2012
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