and still feel wide awake my daughter wants to know
2007-02-02 03:47:17 · 12 answers · asked by yamadori4u 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I assume you mean yawn?
There was another question like this somewhere about why yawns are contagious. I think the basic answer was - no one really knows.
Surely if you yawn when you're tired then you're not feeling wide awake, because you're tired...?
How old is your daughter? Kids will never admit to being tired as that would mean they have to go to bed, so they will insist that yawning does not mean you're tired. I think it does, though. Something to do with getting extra oxygen to the brain...
2007-02-02 03:53:06 · answer #1 · answered by Turtle 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tawn? Yawn! To send oxygen to the brain to keep us awake.
2007-02-02 11:53:12 · answer #2 · answered by Delilah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
funny how this always happens in a classroom, assembly, or church. its because there is an abundance of carbon dioxide being pumped in the air, while a lot of the breathable oxygen is getting used. yawning is the body's natural reflex of the diaphragm to inhale a large amount of oxygen to counterbalance the carbon dioxide being taken in. the diaphagm naturally fluctuates its contractions according to the levels of oxygenated blood in the body. this is how people drown. the diaphram kicks in automatically when oxygen is depleted, involuntarily causing a massive vaccum influx of water into the lungs. yawning happens more often when you're tired because everything is slowed down, breathing, pulse, an movement. our involuntary muscles and major organs, like our brain, still require oxygen to maintain homeostasis, once the involuntary bodily functions have depleted the oxygen taken by normal breathing, and it needs more than what it being provided by slowed breathing, viola, a yawn.
2007-02-02 13:24:55 · answer #3 · answered by alex l 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yawning is the body's response to a low oxygen level, when not under exertion. When you're tired, your breathing becomes more shallow and less oxygen is in your blood. Obviously, other situations can cause you to breath shallowly and trigger a yawn.
2007-02-02 11:53:44 · answer #4 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it's because theres a tack of toxygen thats going into your tungs then you feel wired you tawn.
2007-02-02 12:02:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
To bring more oxygen into the brain.
2007-02-02 11:56:05 · answer #6 · answered by Dovie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I YAWN BUT NEXT TIME I'LL TRY TAWNING.
2007-02-02 11:54:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but you have set me off now and I can't stop yawning!!
2007-02-02 12:02:22 · answer #8 · answered by Angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to get more oxygen into the body quickly
2007-02-02 14:43:11 · answer #9 · answered by D B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stretch our face and neck muscles
2007-02-02 11:51:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋