bhmnscmm@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL yawning is observed in almost all vertebrate animals and is "contagious" across species. There is no consensus on why yawning occurs.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1582arrow-down110cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up1572arrow-down1external-linkTIL yawning is observed in almost all vertebrate animals and is "contagious" across species. There is no consensus on why yawning occurs.en.wikipedia.orgbhmnscmm@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square50fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squarefrozenAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoMythbusters rated contagious yawns as plausible, I believe, because they observed multiple instances of yawns spreading throughout a building where the participants couldn’t see each other.
minus-squareJebus@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIts all pretty interesting to think about honestly! Hopefully we get an actual answer instead of just speculation!
Mythbusters rated contagious yawns as plausible, I believe, because they observed multiple instances of yawns spreading throughout a building where the participants couldn’t see each other.
Its all pretty interesting to think about honestly! Hopefully we get an actual answer instead of just speculation!