Comments on: Contagious yawning http://globalspin.com/2004/07/contagious-yawning/ a glimpse into the tiny mind of Chris Radcliff Sat, 01 May 2010 03:53:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8 By: Steevo http://globalspin.com/2004/07/contagious-yawning/comment-page-1/#comment-477 Sat, 24 Jul 2004 19:15:27 +0000 http://globalspin.com/wp/2004/07/21/371/#comment-477 I’ve been curious about how the relationship with the yawner mediates the effectiveness of inducing a yawn in another. My girlfriend Sabrina has a considerably more effective ability to pass yawns to me (and I seem to have a similar effect on her) than other friends of mine, and these more than does a stranger near me.

Perhaps this perception is related to the amount of overall time spent with a yawner and there really is no mediation. Or maybe we’re just both suggestible and yawn a lot, too.

]]> By: Jaime http://globalspin.com/2004/07/contagious-yawning/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Thu, 22 Jul 2004 21:08:36 +0000 http://globalspin.com/wp/2004/07/21/371/#comment-476 I’ll be impressed when chimps read this story and start to yawn, as I did. Contagious yawning always been a fascinating phenomenon for me, but I’d say the fact that it can be triggered by reading or thinking about it means that it’s a little deeper (psychologically) than just a social cue.

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