Yawning may also Mean Sexual Desire

Experts out to understand the different messages hidden in a yawn say that it could also reveal a desire for sex.

Academics from Europe, the U.S., India and the Middle East attended the first ever International Conference on Yawning and discussed topics that ranged from "Yawning over a Life Span" to "Yawning in Non-Human Primates" to "The Theory of the Hidden Sexuality of the Yawn."

Why Do We Yawn?
Researchers at Binghamton University have just zeroed in on the reasons why we yawn just before and after sleeping.

Ditching the old theory that we yawn because of lack of oxygen, they agreed that a range of emotional triggers probably sets off the yawn response. Interest, stress and even sexual desire may play a factor.

"We can send a man to the moon but we cannot explain this most trivial of acts," ABC News quoted Dutch academic and author Wolter Seuntjens as telling Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper.

It's his theory that some forms of yawning send out an erotic subliminal message.

Man's Best Friend, Dogs too can Catch Your Yawn!
Man's best friend, dogs too can show empathy - by catching yawns off their owners.

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Study Says Human Yawns are Contagious to Dogs as Well
It's not just humans who find yawning contagious, for man's best friend, dogs too can show empathy - by catching yawns off their owners.

Empathy is Related to Contagious Yawning
An inclination to contagious yawning may in fact be a sign of a high-level of how human beings have the ability to put themselves in someone else's shoes or social empathy.