Humans’ first experience with yawning happens in utero, says Matthew D. Epstein, M.D., associate medical director of the Atlantic Health Sleep Centers in New Jersey. Yet, Earth-side, the ...

We commonly consider spiritual practices sources of peace and inspiration. A recent study shows that they can also be experienced differently: Many persons feel bored during these practices -- and ...

Merely thinking about or seeing someone yawn can make you yawn (you’re probably yawning right now). Most people yawn because they’re tired, but it can also happen unexpectedly and without any triggers ...

(Family Features) Yawning is a natural part of everyday life, yet this simple phenomenon has some rather curious and mysterious features. To help you learn more about yawning, Dr. Sujay Kansagra, a ...

Yawning spreads from person to person because our brains are wired for social mirroring. Mirror neurons, empathy and ...

Yawning indicates, of course, how tired or bored someone is, but it also reveals a lot about human behavior, writes Robert R. Provine, a psychology professor at the University of Maryland-Baltimore ...

We do it when we're tired, when we're bored or when we're hungry; parachutists have been seen to do it before a jump, and research has even suggested a link between yawning and sexual arousal. But the ...

Discover why yawning leads to watery eyes, exploring the role of facial muscles and lacrimal glands in tear production.

Boredom is a going concern, particularly in a Western culture over-saturated with things designed to make every moment count. Freelance researcher Mary Mann began writing Yawn: Adventures in Boredom ...