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328 participants were asked to watch a three-minute video of people yawning and to keep track of how many times they yawned. Of the 328 participants, 222 contagiously yawned.
A yawn is a reflex in vertebrate animals characterized by a long inspiratory phase with gradual mouth gaping, followed by a brief climax (or acme) with muscle stretching, and a rapid expiratory phase with muscle relaxation, which typically lasts a few seconds.
The effectiveness of the "yawning" method can be improved with practice; some people can achieve release or opening by moving their jaw forward or forward and down, rather than straight down as in a classical yawn, [6] and some can do so without moving their jaw at all by activating the tensor tympani muscle, which is heard by the individual as ...
Reasons we we yawn. It was once believed that the main function of yawning was to increase otherwise low oxygen levels, but a 1987 study disproved that theory. And despite extensive additional ...
Yawning. We all do it and yet there's no set explanation on why we do it. And just as mysterious is that the act of yawning seems to be contagious. A new study looking at that issue has found that ...
During faucalized voice, the sides of pharynx expand outward and the larynx descends and tilts forward. The term "yawny voice" is appropriate to compare this voice quality to the physiological act of yawning. Its opposite is harsh voice, a vocal quality produced when the pharynx is contracted and the larynx raised.
Morning Yawn is a 1913 painting by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. [1] [2] Detail. The painting shows a nude woman sitting on the edge of her bed and yawning.
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