• Question: Why are yawns contagious ?

    Asked by Resh@science to Hayley, Jimi on 17 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Hayley Moulding

      Hayley Moulding answered on 17 Mar 2016:

      So it is a thing called ‘contagious yawning.’ This apparently has nothing to do with being empathetic or nice to the other person! Apparently it something which humans have always done and now it is automatic to do so! It is still a bit of a mystery.

    • Photo: Jimi Wills

      Jimi Wills answered on 17 Mar 2016:

      it works with animals too… and blinking works the same way.

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