@bhmnscmm@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years 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-square50arrow-up1583cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up1573external-linkTIL yawning is observed in almost all vertebrate animals and is "contagious" across species. There is no consensus on why yawning occurs.en.wikipedia.org@bhmnscmm@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square50cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squarefrozenlinkfedilinkEnglish10•2 years 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-square@Jebus@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years 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!