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Caught My Yawn? Aren't You Sweet

Study discovers contagious yawning is sign of empathy

By Colleen Barry, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 11, 2007 3:19 AM CDT

(Newser) – If you yawn when someone nearby does, it may mean you're an empathetic person, a new study has found. Research shows that infectious yawning is a psychological phenomenon, limited to humans and some of their ape relatives, and that those more likely to "catch"... Read full story »

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