Ever felt like when you see someone yawning? I know I have felt that way. Whenever I see someone yawning the sensation to yawn builds up in me. Infact I feel like yawning just writing this.
So what is this phenomena behind these issues? It’s called “contagious yawning” Yea, not only Ebola is contagious, a yawn also is very contagious
About half of adults yawn after someone else yawns due to a universal phenomenon called “contagious yawning.” Contrary to popular belief, a new study from Duke University suggests that contagious yawning is not strongly related to variables like empathy, tiredness, or energy levels.

Previous studies have suggested that there is a connection between contagious yawning and empathy. However, researchers at The Duke Center for Human Genome Variation found that contagious yawning may decrease as people age and may not be associated with empathy.
The lack of association in our study between contagious yawning and empathy suggests that contagious yawning is not simply a product of one’s capacity for empathy,” said study author Elizabeth Cirulli, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine at the Center for Human Genome Variation at Duke University School of Medicine. The researchers emphasized that a better understanding of the biology involved in contagious yawning could ultimately lead to a better understanding of illnesses such as schizophrenia and autism.

Children with Autism (A severe brain disease) are less likely to yawn than their peers who are “normal”
In a study of about 30 6- to 15-year-olds with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)..

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Aww
I yawned for merely seeing the picture on this post.

lol just yawned now