Why Is Yawning Contagious?

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Yawning to cool down your brain: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10...

and: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/12...

More on yawning and empathy here: http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/c...

here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6988155.stm

and here (for the journal article): http://www.plosone.org/article/info:d...

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PARAKEET YAWN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFiT6Q...

BETTA FISH YAWN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsBTwc...

SNAKE YAWN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhfss_...

"Why Are Yawns Contagious" "Why is yawning Contagious" "why do we yawn"

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