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  2. Why do we yawn — and why is it so contagious? Experts explain.

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    Merely thinking about or seeing someone yawning can make you yawn. But why?

  3. Yawn - Wikipedia

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    There are a number of theories that attempt to explain why humans and other animals yawn. [20] [21] [22] One study states that yawning occurs when one's blood contains increased amounts of carbon dioxide and therefore becomes in need of the influx of oxygen (or expulsion of carbon dioxide) that a yawn can provide. [20]

  4. The science behind why yawning is contagious - AOL

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    The science behind why yawning is contagious. Angeli Kakade. September 1, 2017 at 8:56 AM. Whether you’re tired, bored, or see someone else do it, we all yawn. But the yawning when you’re ...

  5. Exhalation - Wikipedia

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    Yawning is considered a non-respiratory gas movement. A non-respiratory gas movement is another process that moves air in and out of the lungs that do not include breathing. Yawning is a reflex that tends to disrupt the normal breathing rhythm and is believed to be contagious as well. [14] The reason why we yawn is unknown.

  6. Yawning is more contagious for the young, study says - AOL

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    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 ...

  7. Sleep induction - Wikipedia

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    Yawning is commonly associated with imminent sleep, but it seems to be a measure to maintain arousal when sleepy and so it actually prevents sleep rather than inducing it. [8] Yawning may be a cue that the body is tired and ready for sleep, but deliberate attempts to yawn may have the opposite effect of sleep induction.

  8. Why you yawn when you’re bored, according to experts - AOL

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    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 ...

  9. Perspiration - Wikipedia

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    The volume of water lost in sweat daily is highly variable, ranging from 100 to 8,000 millilitres per day (0.041 to 3.259 imp fl oz/ks). The solute loss can be as much as 350 mmol/d (or 90 mmol/d acclimatised) of sodium under the most extreme conditions. During average intensity exercise, sweat losses can average up to 2 litres (0.44 imp gal; 0 ...