Yawning and deep breathing each have different effects on the movement of fluids in the brain, and each of us may have a ...

Experts discuss the mysteries of yawning at first ever international conference. —LONDON, June 28, 2010 -- For two days last week, they came to Paris. Over two dozen experts in the field of ...

Open your mouth wide, stretch the muscles of your jaw and upper body, take a slow breath in, and then exhale quickly. What have you done? You have yawned. Many animals, including humans, yawn. They do ...

Here's a challenge: Try to read this whole page without yawning. Even reading the word yawn might be enough to set you off. But why do we yawn in the first place? And why do we 'catch' other peoples'?

Contagious yawning is a widespread phenomenon that extends beyond merely being a sign of drowsiness; it is a behaviour interwoven with both physiological regulation and social communication. Recent ...

What can androids and chimpanzees teach scientists about humans yawning? This is what a recent study published in Scientific Reports hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...