Ever notice that when someone yawns in your company that moments later the yawn spreads to everyone else? WHY THE HECK IS THAT? lol
I found this interesting article on MSN this morning. Although they really don’t know for sure why people yawn after seeing someone else yawn they do have a few theories about it.
There are some very interesting facts about yawning in the article–Did you know that on average people yawn about 10 times an hour???? Thank God it’s normal-I thought it was just me! The article also says it isn’t necessarily a sign of our being tired and that excessive yawning can be a sign of an illness.
Interestingly, babies yawn in the womb, thus yawning is something we are conditioned to do from the start–but why? There is definitely a purpose to yawning but scientists are not sure exactly what it is. The myth that it serves to bring oxygen to the body has been dismissed after scientific testing proved that it was false. They put people in a room with increased oxygen and those subjects did not yawn any less. Interesting isn’t it?
A few years back I was watching a documentary on people who were paralyzed and the narrator was discussing the fact that when a paralyzed person yawns they can momentarily/involuntarily move their limbs–interesting fact isn’t it? I was hoping the article would mention this too but it did not. I will have to Google it and see if anything else has been studied and noted regarding that fact.
Some celebrities yawning—WOW even supermodels look dopey in the process of yawning-good to know! lol
Gisele
Marissa Tomei
Reese Witherspoon
Guess who crashed too many weddings! lol
If you would like to read the article I have attached its link below. I have also included a link to a bunch of celebrity pictures wherein everyone is yawning–
pictures of celebrities yawning
