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When you see other people yawn, do you yawn as well?
yes 57%  57%  [ 12 ]
no 43%  43%  [ 9 ]
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01 Oct 2011, 10:12 am

I've been reading about mirror neurons and how many on the ASD don't yawn when others do:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39193101/ns ... s-yawning/



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01 Oct 2011, 10:48 am

*yawn*

I do!


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01 Oct 2011, 11:14 am

I didn't know yawning when others do is a common thing amoungst people?


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01 Oct 2011, 10:51 pm

They tested children (and I see the gratuitous empathy quote). I wonder what would happen if they tested adults.

Also interesting that 45% of people overall experience contagious yawning, and yet autistic children who don't yawn are described as being defective - plus reference to the mirror neuron research that has had conflicting follow up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neuron#Autism

Wikipedia link solely for the footnoted references in that section.



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02 Oct 2011, 1:48 am

Sometimes I do "catch" yawning, but I'm quite immune against it.



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02 Oct 2011, 6:41 am

Even when you talk about it, I feel it coming.



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02 Oct 2011, 6:52 am

personally i do yawn when i see others yawning.



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02 Oct 2011, 7:13 am

Yawning is a social tool?

That's a link right above. And here's another one: Yawning cools the brain!

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So... yeah. There is scientific basis behind yawning! To answer the topic, I yawn when others yawn sometimes.


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