If our ancestors used yawning to communicate like baboons do, then the contagiousness of yawning may be an involuntary, genetically programmed phenomenon; once one person in the “tribe” yawns, others do so because this behavior pattern helped our evolutionary ancestors to communicate with one another.
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Jun 27, 2015 · The most plausible explanation that I've heard is that yawning is the body's way of stretching muscles that otherwise can't be stretched - ears, ...
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Oct 27, 2012 · The yawn is probably contagious to ensure that the signal propagates.
Apr 8, 2015 · Some suggest that when you see someone yawn it's because there's a lack of oxygen around him, and you also being in that vicinity would suggest ...
Jan 29, 2021 · The fact of the matter is that while yes it is atypical to never reciprocate a yawn, even “neurotypical” people sometimes don't yawn in response ...
Sep 11, 2022 · Theories differ, but basically it's a social mirroring thing, you're simulating how someone who has to yawn might feel, and matching behaviour.
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Oct 30, 2023 · The reason yawning is contagious is because it's an empathetic contagion and since psychopaths don't have empathy, they'll won't need to resist ...
Feb 25, 2013 · It turns out that those people don't catch yawn as easily as you or I could. This supports the idea that yawning is related to empathy.
Yawning: the yawn is primal, unstoppable and contagious, revealing the evolutionary and neural basis of empathy and unconscious behavior. American Scientist ...
Oct 22, 2014 · The most likely answer is that they are tense, and you have a soothing quality or otherwise help them relax. Yawning helps people let go of ...
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