Many animals yawn but we are not entirely sure why. Perhaps it makes us more alert, reduces anxiety, or cools an overheating brain. Contagious yawning is even more mysterious but …

Feb 9, 2022 · London, UK The stretching you do after waking isn’t really stretching. It is a process involving the nervous system called pandiculation. Yawning is also pandiculation. The process …

Dec 19, 1998 · So he, and some similarly perverse psychologists, set out to determine when, why and how we yawn. Along the way, they found something unexpected: yawning appears to …

Dec 16, 2014 · Yawning is often the first thing we do when we wake up, but we also do it when we are bored, tired or anxious. It is a primitive reflex that we share with other animals, from fish to …

Apr 10, 1999 · WHY do we yawn? For no reason, apparently. It's an essential part of normal lung development in unborn babies, but serves no purpose in adults, say two researchers in the …

Mar 22, 2023 · Yes, it is possible to yawn with your eyes open if you consciously resist closing them. The tendency to close the eyes is because you get a “better” yawn if you let the facial …

May 10, 2023 · Is it possible to yawn without closing your eyes? (part 2) Our readers continue the debate about the link between yawning and closing our eyes, and raise the issue of yawning …

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Apr 2, 2021 · Lions have contagious yawns, and they seem to use the open-mouthed behaviour to send signals to each other. The observation provides the first concrete evidence that …

Jan 21, 2015 · Letter: Why we yawn Published 21 January 2015 From Natasha Long Simon Thompson suggests that people with autism aren’t as prone to contagious yawning as other …