It is well believed that when you look at someone yawning, there is a very high probability that you will yawn. How true is this?
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It is well believed that when you look at someone yawning, there is a very high probability that you will yawn. How true is this?
Yawning is not something we command our brain to do. It just happens automatically. You breathe in. Doesn’t cost you to breathe, right?
About your question, there are just wild theories out there. Nothing that would satisfy you. Some of them are:
1. You are near someone and when you yawn, you remove the oxygen of their area and therefore trigger their yawn.
2 . You are in a room packed with a group of people, maybe in a classroom or a meeting. There is a limitation of fresh air already and one person yawns. Many others will do the same.
3. It maybe entirely psychological too. It’s like you are already thirsty and you see someone drinking water. That would make you want it more.
Conclusion: There is no proper cause or scientific validation. It still might be the matter of research.
This happens because of Spontaneous yawning is a phenomenon that only occurs in humans and chimpanzees as a response to hearing, seeing, or even thinking about yawning. I don’t think anyone knows why yawns are contagious, but the best physiologic explanation I’ve seen for yawning is that it helps cool the brain by drawing in air across the palate. This is basically due to the basic phenomenon that our mind reacts by.