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why we yawn
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| Leon |
well I was thinking... really now, why do we yawn
it has to be a combination of the senses, because I remember a time where I was watching some guy on the bus to the left of mine yawn and someone in front of me started to yawn. another time I yawned silently in room and heard someone else yawn from another room (that super saliva'ish tongue sound thing). heck sometimes even in class a few of us would bust a yawn and make our teacher yawn, funny thing is I don't think he was ever on to us
SO!
My idea is that it's a sound we can't hear... because i've seen a yawn jump from two people who weren't even looking at eachother. unless it's some super brainwave matrix thing?! |
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| The17sss |
| dude are you high right now? |
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| jupiterone |
same happens to me :wtf:
someone yawns, i yawn
*yawn* |
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| The17sss |
| this might sound weird, but I yawned when I read this, because I was thinking about yawns |
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| Ek0nomik |
wow, what an interesting idea. I bet this has never been discussed before, or even studied by scholarly people.
or, I could run a search and fine thousands of ing studies about why we yawn. |
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| Ek0nomik |
| quote: | Originally posted by jupiterone
same happens to me :wtf:
someone yawns, i yawn
*yawn* |
sometimes when you see someone yawn you kinda have to force it out.. (that's what she said)
that's what your *yawn* did to me... took me a bit. |
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| Teezdalien |
| Is it just me or do others lose their hearing momentarily when they yawn? |
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| Ek0nomik |
| quote: | Originally posted by Teezdalien
Is it just me or do others lose their hearing momentarily when they yawn? |
sound level goes down but you shouldn't lose *all* your hearing. |
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| Sushipunk |
From what I understand, yawning is directly related to to oxygen supply. People yawn more if there is less available oxygen. But I could be wrong.
There have been some studies done about the 'contagious yawn' phenomenon though. I vaguely remember them from Psych. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
From what I understand, yawning is directly related to to oxygen supply. People yawn more if there is less available oxygen. But I could be wrong. |
more or less. i dont think its "available oxygen" so much as it is level of oxygen in the body. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
more or less. i dont think its "available oxygen" so much as it is level of oxygen in the body. |
No, more the environmental side rather than internal, though it could obviously work both ways. It also (supposedly) has a bit to do with air pressure, and air conditioning has been said to have an influence too (I'm Googling like to try and find the studies I read 3 or 4 years ago :() |
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| CONNERMAN2000 |
| quote: | Originally posted by The17sss
this might sound weird, but I yawned when I read this, because I was thinking about yawns |
+1 |
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