What makes you yawn? Researchers from a North American university discovered the reason of yawning: to protect our brain from overheating. During the experiment, they provided half of volunteers with a cold pack to hold to their forehead. None of them yawned, unlike the other half given a warm pack. This study proved that the temperature of the brain falls through breathing as it delivers cool blood to the brain. Additional cooling has the same effect, so people do not feel the need to yawn. In fact, our brain heats up as it burns as much as a third of all the calories we consume. In order to function more efficiently, the brain needs to be cool. Thus when people yawn, they instinctively increase blood flow, bringing in low temperature air.
What makes you yawn? Researchers from a North American university discovered the reason of yawning: to protect our brain from overheating. During the experiment, they provided half of volunteers with a cold pack to hold to their forehead. None of them yawned, unlike the other half given a warm pack. This study proved that the temperature of the brain falls through breathing as it delivers cool blood to the brain. Additional cooling has the same effect, so people do not feel the need to yawn. In fact, our brain heats up as it burns as much as a third of all the calories we consume. In order to function more efficiently, the brain needs to be cool. Thus when people yawn, they instinctively increase blood flow, bringing in low temperature air.
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