Medusa
13th October 2012, 02:52 AM
I was/am terribly bored this evening and sitting at home (exciting Friday nights in Medusaland), reading the news which began to irritate me with its bad grammar, poor/non-existent references, and blanketing, completely partial statements until I finally typed the word "yawn" into the search bar, and this fascinating page came up. I was a little disgruntled to see that mere pics of people yawning made me yawn, but the stuff in these pages is absolute gold.
One highlight: "...the first behavioural evidence that yawn infectiveness can be a form of emotional contagion." Emotional contagion, ya hear?!!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919171340.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111212092649.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100915080427.htm
If anyone out there is as bored as I and finds this mildly to somewhat interesting, feel free to add your thoughts and maybe anything else related to the almighty yawn that you may know.
I've noticed that I don't do the empathy yawn when my workmates yawn, but almost always do when friends or family do. Never thought too much about it other than noticing its peculiarity, until these articles.
One highlight: "...the first behavioural evidence that yawn infectiveness can be a form of emotional contagion." Emotional contagion, ya hear?!!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919171340.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111212092649.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100915080427.htm
If anyone out there is as bored as I and finds this mildly to somewhat interesting, feel free to add your thoughts and maybe anything else related to the almighty yawn that you may know.
I've noticed that I don't do the empathy yawn when my workmates yawn, but almost always do when friends or family do. Never thought too much about it other than noticing its peculiarity, until these articles.