Warning: While reading this post, you will desperately want to yawn. But you'll be too scared to do so. A boring lecture in a college class prompted a big yawn out of one of the students -- a yawn ...

We have all been there: someone is speaking to you or you are in the middle of a meeting and a yawn signals its arrival. What do you do? A yawn is commonly thought to indicate fatigue, or worse, ...

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Ever notice how you automatically yawn when someone else does it? That involuntary mouth-stretching moment isn’t just your brain being lazy. It’s actually broadcasting something pretty revealing about ...

Italian scientists who documented humans interacting in everyday situations have found that women are more susceptible to catching the urge to yawn from others than men are. The findings, published in ...

A yawn is an involuntary reflex that involves opening the mouth wide and taking in a deep breath, followed by a slow exhale. Several theories exist about why we yawn, but researchers have not proven ...

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