Someone yawns at the top of their lungs — and we also feel an irresistible urge to yawn.
The situation is familiar to many. But it turns out that yawning is not only one of the reflexes signaling a decrease in the activity of nerve cells, but also a manifestation of our need … for altruistic behavior. Yawning together with another, imitating him, we seem to connect, show attention to his emotional state. This hypothesis was put forward by British scientists from the University of Leeds: they proved that when yawning and empathy, the same area of uXNUMXbuXNUMXbthe brain is activated. And we thought yawning was synonymous with boredom…