i find that yawning is sometimes contagious. yawn..yawn...yawn...sorry about that i just yawned...
2006-07-13 05:50:15 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
yawinig may be contagious inly if u and the other person are not having a good conversation or both of u guys are bored. By reading your question, no question is boring matter in fact every questioin is interesting when u ask because you learn even more!!
2006-07-13 05:56:52 · answer #1 · answered by Amy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a social cue for the most part.
Provine's theory is that group yawning is a leftover response from the time we were tribal creatures. But before you can understand why yawning is catching, it helps to know a little bit more about why we might yawn in the first place.
PBS and Scientific American teamed up with Professor Provine to investigate the yawn. The University of Washington also has information about why we yawn.
We do not yawn to feed our brains more oxygen. While it's true that we yawn more when we're tired and bored, there are plenty of times we yawn when neither is true. Provine has found, for example, that Olympic athletes yawn before their events. So, he theorizes that yawns help our bodies change states (from inactivity to activity, from alertness to boredom).
Interestingly enough, looking at a picture of a yawning mouth does not make a person yawn. But looking at the eyes of a yawner does.
Provine believes that yawning together helped synchronize our tribes. When we were tired, we yawned, and everyone got the idea that it was time to go to bed.
2006-07-13 05:57:02 · answer #2 · answered by WiserAngel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes,it is contagious,they prooved it on mythbusters!!!
2006-07-13 05:53:55 · answer #3 · answered by tinaluvsglass 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, mostly in class.
2006-07-13 05:55:28 · answer #4 · answered by Lavender Pink 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋