RealFeedApp Yawning spreads only when people are tired
Researchers failed to reproduce yawning contagion using fake yawns, despite the mechanism's natural spread between humans in the wild.
- Field
- the brain and neuroscience
- What they did
- Researchers are investigating whether a fake jaw twitch can trigger a contagious response and make someone twitch.
- Why it matters
- This will help understand the mechanisms of imitation behavior and how the brain processes social signals from other people.
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