My patient let out a very audible yawn during our treatment session the other day. This meant that I, too, started to yawn. I actually love this phenomenon: the contagiousness of yawns. It gives me an opportunity to discuss a bit of useless trivia with my patients. You see, there was a study a fewContinue reading “Totally Yawn Worthy”
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About Empathy
I read an article a few years ago about the phenomenon of catching yawns. This is something I’m quite prone to, so I was intrigued. The premise of the study was that people who spontaneously yawn at the suggestion of watching someone else do the same is that these people have empathy. Those who don’tContinue reading “About Empathy”