Now a new study has not only confirmed that yawning is particularly contagious between friends and family, but that women are twice as likely to ‘catch’ a yawn than men. Rather than pointing ...

Scientists have found that differences in levels of emotional contagion between humans and bonobos are attributable to the quality of relationships shared by individuals. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

A GP explains the main reasons why we yawn – including the factors that can lead to excessive yawning (apart from tiredness). Welcome back to Just Curious, Strong Women’s weekly series ...

Are you yawning yet? Thought so. Infectious yawns are as frustrating as they are intriguing. Sometimes it's enough to need to see someone yawn, hear them talk about it or even read about it for ...

You may well be yawning just reading this - it's contagious. Now researchers have looked at what happens in our brains to trigger that response. A University of Nottingham team found it occurs in ...

Is it true that we yawn when our brains are deprived of oxygen? Most of us can feel a yawn coming on. The muscles in our jaw begin to tighten, our nostrils might flare, and our eyes might tear up ...