February 12, 2007
Is Yawning Contagious?
My daughter is doing a project for Biology ... and needs your help. Can you watch this 14-second video, and answer the one-question poll below it?
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Posted by Barbara J. Feldman at February 12, 2007 5:04 PM | Comments (4)
I think it is contagious, I don't know if this is the exact word, but it always happens to me
even when I try hard to avoid it, if I see someone yawning or if I think about this I can't stop. Even now you 'll have to see me, it is just 11.24 am and for me looks as if it is time to go to bed
I have been able to demonstrate that yawning is not necessarily a contagious activity (Provine, 1989, Platek, et al, 2003). In fact I find little correlation between yawning and contagion in classroom situations, especially. I rarely yawn when one of my students yawns. In fact, I believe that yawning is the individual's physiological manifestation of the processing of conflict between two or more competing stimuli.
Stephen Rafe, Graduate Studies Adjunct Professor, Research Methods
Posted by: Stephen on May 31, 2007 9:23 AMI have been able to demonstrate that yawning is not necessarily a contagious activity (Provine, 1989, Platek, et al, 2003). In fact I find little correlation between yawning and contagion in classroom situations, especially. I rarely yawn when one of my students yawns. In fact, I believe that yawning is the individual's physiological manifestation of the processing of conflict between two or more competing stimuli.
Stephen Rafe, Graduate Studies Adjunct Professor, Research Methods
Posted by: Stephen on May 31, 2007 9:23 AM