Researchers believe the yawning robot may have triggered some biological mechanism in the chimps that they associated with sleep. Image: Popular Science composite, Getty Images/ RMJM, Aline Sardin ...

How to use your yawning awareness Now that you know your yawns are basically emotional breadcrumbs, you can use this awareness to better understand your own social patterns. Pay attention to who ...

When we asked him how he trained dogs to yawn, he simply yelled “Boo!” in a dog’s face. Sure enough, the dog yawned, but not from being tired or bored. It was a classic stress response.

Yawning isn’t just about sleepiness. You can yawn when you’re bored or even overstimulated. In these moments, your brain might slow down, and a yawn helps snap you back to attention.

Not everyone is equally susceptible to contagious yawning. In controlled studies, approximately 40% to 60% of typical volunteers yawned in response to watching another person yawn in a video.. A ...

Yawning may help cool down the brain. When temperatures in the brain rise above its baseline — because of increases in mental processing while focusing on a task, exercising or being anxious or ...

Does yawning mean our brains aren’t getting enough oxygen? Researchers believe yawning may serve an important physiological purpose. There is no consensus, however, on what that is.

Yawning is a universal phenomenon, observed in many vertebrate species, from wolves to parrots, and, of course, humans, from a very early age.But why do we tend to yawn when we see someone else ...

Most people yawn six to 23 times a day – even animals yawn! You may have noticed that you often yawn after you see someone else yawn. This is called “contagious yawning”.

Yawning happens when you open your mouth, take a deep breath and take in air without even thinking about it. You might be tired, bored or waking up.Most people ...