Is yawning actually “contagious”?
After doing a little resreach on this question I found out that no one person really knows why we yawn, but humans are the only ones that do this when some one else does it, as I was reading all the articles every one seemed to think it was caused by a differetn reason. I did however find one artcle which i have listed below, that seemed to list all of the reasons we yawn, Happy reading (O: More From The Press-Register | Subscribe To The Press-Register Health Question Why are yawns contagious? Sunday, March 7, 2004 By MONIQUE CURET Staff Reporter Cover your mouth if you want to, but it won’t keep the next guy from “catching” your yawn. Contagious yawning is real, scientists say, and it’s “probably programmed into us,” according to Dr. William Broughton, director of the Sleep Disorders Center at the University of South Alabama Knollwood Hospital. The action of a mouth opening is not what compels others to yawn, Broughton said. Studies have demonstrated that showing someone a photo of a
