Really! Check it out sometimes. But why is this?
2007-05-01 07:35:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Scientists (and everybody else) have known for decades that yawns are contagious, but they've never known why. Some think it's an unconscious mirror effect - someone yawns, you yawn in response almost like a reflex. But Platek says he thinks it has to do with empathy. The way he sees it, the more empathetic you are, the more likely it is that you'll identify with a yawner and experience a yawn yourself. In a recent study, Platek looked at contagious yawning in people with "high empathy," "low empathy" and everything in between. He found that higher empathy meant more yawn-susceptible and lower empathy meant more yawn-immune.
2007-05-01 16:55:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even reading this question made me yawn! I don't know why...something about the need for more oxygen to the brain. It's a wonder I don't yawn constantly! :-o
2007-05-01 15:46:52 · answer #2 · answered by JenJen 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but it is funny just reading your question and I started yawning. Power of suggestion I guess.
2007-05-01 14:46:01 · answer #3 · answered by Jana 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol, I hate it when that gets started! I can't stop! I have noticed that the little kids on my bus don't get it like adults. Try it on little ones and let me knowâ¥
2007-05-01 14:59:42 · answer #4 · answered by *queenfairy1*Antioch California 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The power of "suggestion!" =) Happens to me all the time!
2007-05-01 17:18:47 · answer #5 · answered by Georgia Rose 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
b/c it's contagious.
2007-05-01 14:41:16 · answer #6 · answered by bluerabbit19 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋