Guest guest Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 > > Around 50 per cent of adults are prone to contagious yawning. > > Gordon Gallup, an evoloutionary psychologist; State uni... says > > that > people who yawn contagiously are better at inferring the thoughts of > others from watching their faces. > > " Contagious yawning is a by-product of the ability to concieve of > yourself and make inferences about mental states in others, " he > says. > I used to yawn contagiously but not sure if it still affects me. > Although I do believe that I am better than most at 'reading minds'. I have trouble not yawning, whenever I am reminded of yawning (regardless of the form of the reminder). My cat frequently yawns just after other people yawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 Anas wrote: > > " Contagious yawning is a by-product of the ability to > > concieve of yourself and make inferences about mental > > states in others, " he says. I read an AOL news story just in the past week that said that chimpanzees also yawn contagiously. (I wonder if someone had a government grant to find that out?) ;-) Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 In 5th grade, my red bearded teacher whom I was immensely scared of, and missed every Monday of school because it was gym day...conducted an experiment, unbeknownst to us the class, that is/ He yawned. While we were working. he stretched and walked leisurely around the room and made a real big deal about yawning while we were supposed to be copying problems off the chalkboard so of course we were all looking upward, sort of toward him, he was good like that doing spontaneous things like rearring seating and desks or telling us all to sit on the floor --I hated that... So then after like five minutes he very wisely announced with a know it all grin, " So did anyone notice what went on here? " We didn't. We were all confused. He explained that one by one some of us, a real lot of us, my self included had started yawning...after he did. His was fake. An experiment. He explained why, I think. I forgot. ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2004 Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 Clay wrote: > I read an AOL news story just in the past week that said > that chimpanzees also yawn contagiously. (I wonder if > someone had a government grant to find that out?) ;-) I don't get it!??? Anyway I don't know about the grant it was the same story, different source. wrote: > I have trouble not yawning, whenever I am reminded of yawning > (regardless of the form of the reminder). My cat frequently yawns > just after other people yawn. Fascinating !!! Would you say that you were very very good at reading people. And does this mean that cats know more than they are letting on? Anas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2004 Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 Anas wrote: > Clay wrote: > > I read an AOL news story just in the past week that said > > that chimpanzees also yawn contagiously. (I wonder if > > someone had a government grant to find that out?) ;-) > I don't get it!??? Anyway I don't know about the grant it > was the same story, different source. I'm not sure that there's anything to " get " , just that chimps do it too. I once had a collie dog that would yawn when I did, but only once at a time. That is, he wouldn't do it repeatedly. I can't get Mooncat to do it at all. > wrote: > > I have trouble not yawning, whenever I am reminded of > > yawning (regardless of the form of the reminder). My > > cat frequently yawns just after other people yawn. > Fascinating !!! > Would you say that you were very very good at reading > people. And does this mean that cats know more than > they are letting on? Cats *always* know more than they let on. Did you know that cats have three names? There's the name its people gave it, the name other cats call it, and a name that only the cat himself knows. Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2004 Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 > Cats *always* know more than they let on. Did you know > that cats have three names? There's the name its people > gave it, the name other cats call it, and a name that > only the cat himself knows. Oh, I really wish could have a cat where I live. -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 > Oh, I really wish could have a cat where I live. > > -- > I thought you owned your own mobile home - you should be able to have a cat there. If you rent it, that could be different. Matt Self Dx AS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 > I thought you owned your own mobile home - you should be able to have a > cat there. > > If you rent it, that could be different. I own it but it is on rented property that doesn't allow pets. -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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