While studying, your brain is in effort and above all - needs more oxygen. Yawning increases the amount of air intake, hence the amount of oxygen entering your brain.
I'd recommend also drinking a lot of water, eating a bit of food which carries a punch, such as nuts, root vegetables, cold cuts (salami etc.) and just a bit of chocolate. Stay away from coffee, tea and sweets, as their effect is short and they add strain to your body.
When you look at someone while yawning you will probably yawn.Some people think it's contagious.
I am taking a antidepressant and can't stop yawning is there anything I can do without stopping the medication?
Some studies say that yawning occurs when your brain is overheated. Maybe your hearing decreases because of this heat? Yawning is still a mystery.
You can suphocate
Since yawning is a reflex, it does not require consciousness.
When we are sleepy or feel drowsy, we yawn because our brain cells lack sufficient amount of oxygen. The deep breath associated with yawning helps us to drawn in more oxygen and supply the much needed oxygen to the tired body organs including the brain
They will feel dizzy. Weak. Tired and they will keep yawning.
Yawning is not a disease.
if rude and yawning are defined as such i don't see any reason why the act of yawning be rude. yawning is physiologic. would urinating and defecating be rude also?
Yes, it is common for people to feel sleepy or have the urge to yawn when they see or hear someone else yawn. This is known as contagious yawning and it happens due to the activation of mirror neurons in the brain, which mimic another person's action, in this case yawning. Contagious yawning is believed to be related to empathy and social bonding.
Fracture of the mandible may occur during yawning if there is bone loss due to poor periodontal thealth.
The cause in not know.