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One of life's great mysteries is finally answered. More about Yawning Mice. Already subscribed? Log in. Forgotten your password? Want an ad-free experience? View offers. There are a number of theories about why we yawn, but remarkably little good research on this topic. There are several agreed upon causes for yawning, however. First, it that when changing elevation rapidly as in an airplane, you will both voluntarily on purpose yawn and also involuntarily not on purpose yawn to try and equalize pressures within your ear.
This works and is an accepted reason for yawning. Another indisputable cause of yawning is called social empathy. In fact psychologists have proven that the more empathetic you are, the more likely you are to yawn when someone else does. There has been fascinating research about the hierarchy of this suggestion.
If you are very close to a person emotionally, you will yawn if they do. The rank order of this suggestion is family, friend, stranger. The closer one is to the person who yawns, the more likely one is to yawn as well. Yawing clearly is associated with sleepiness and boredom.
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