Here's one Mark will appreciate: Contagious Yawn "Sign of Empathy". Apparently neuroscience suggests that people who yawn a lot are more empathetic. In the research the Beeb report,
Psychology students were more susceptible to contagious yawning, and scored significantly higher on the empathy test than did the engineering students.
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Comments (3)
I just yawned! Not suggesting you're boring though.
September 11, 2007 10:59 Permalink for comment
When I yawn, I start thinking conservative thoughts. I suspect that's because my skull shape changes, and thus the wiring between the two hemispheres of my brain stretches a bit, thus putting some new neurons into play. If I yawn twice, I can't even spell the word 'empathy".
As the yawning subsides, I start seeing things from a more liberal perspective again. I guess that proves this new research I have been hearing about, that one's political leanings are correlated to brain physiology, or something like that.
September 11, 2007 14:42 Permalink for comment
I've just returned from a screening of The Big Sleep and yes, you've guessed it, I yawned for the final hour having forgotten about the lack of plot, narrative, subtext from previous viewings...but my goodness Bacall is beautiful...
September 11, 2007 22:08 Permalink for comment