# Contagious yawns

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contagious-yawns/805603>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 31, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contagious-yawns/805603 "2017-12-31T00:10:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contagious-yawns/805603/1 "2017-12-31T00:10:07Z")

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Link to [followup column on yawning](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/8913/do-all-animals-yawn-and-stretch/)

How come I found myself yawning while _reading_ that column? I was definitely not bored. But just reading about yawning made me yawn.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contagious-yawns/805603/2 "2017-12-31T00:12:30Z")

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More amazingly, I read your post, didn’t even click on the link and I yawned. And it’s 11 a.m here.

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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contagious-yawns/805603/3 "2017-12-31T00:23:14Z")

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I just read the thread TITLE and yawned.