Autistic kids don't catch yawns Empathy makes you 'catch' a yawn
ABCニュース(英文)→コチラ People who identify better with others are more prone to contagious yawning, researchers say. In their study, children withautism, who can have trouble showing empathy, were least likely to 'catch' a yawn. The researchers publish their results in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.
BBC(英文)→コチラ Yawning is known to becontagiousin humans but now scientists have shown that pet dogs can catch a yawn, too. The copying activity suggests that canines are capable of empathising with people, say the researchers who recorded dogs' behaviour in lab tests. Until now, only humans and their close primate relatives were thought to find yawning contagious. The team - from Birkbeck College, University of London - reports its findings in Biology Letters.
Israel soldier gets 21 days in prison ... for yawning
An Israeli soldier got three weeks in the slammer for yawning during a ceremony this week to mark the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, his mother said.
The concerned woman said her son yawned "without covering his mouth" while the commander of his air force base in the north of the country was speaking during the memorial event Israel held on Monday.