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A yawn is a reflex in vertebrate animals characterized by a long inspiratory phase with gradual mouth gaping, followed by a brief climax (or acme) with muscle stretching, and a rapid expiratory phase with muscle relaxation, which typically lasts a few seconds.
Ginnungagap appears as the primordial void in the Norse creation account.The Gylfaginning states: . Ginnungagap, the Yawning Void ... which faced toward the northern quarter, became filled with heaviness, and masses of ice and rime, and from within, drizzling rain and gusts; but the southern part of the Yawning Void was lighted by those sparks and glowing masses which flew out of Múspellheim [6]
Poromitra oscitans, the yawning, is a fish of the family Melamphaidae, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the indo-Pacific region. It grows to a length of 8.2cm SL, and lives at a depth of 643-5320m.
17. Yawning. Oddly enough, yawning is considered a fearful response to stimuli and it's a sign that Sadie is a bored or tired dog. It means she is eager for a threat to go away, not that she wants ...
Yawning often feels involuntary—it’s triggered by the same part of the brain as sneezing, Sullivan says. But the difference is, a yawn can be controlled from “the top down” if you think ...
328 participants were asked to watch a three-minute video of people yawning and to keep track of how many times they yawned. Of the 328 participants, 222 contagiously yawned.
Yawning Heights (Russian: Зияющие Высоты, romanized: Ziyayushchiye Vysoty) is the first published novel by Soviet philosopher Alexander Zinoviev. Zinoviev chose to satirize and ridicule Soviet society in Yawning Heights , presented as the city / nation of Ibansk .
In a new study, researchers from the University of Nottingham looked at the brain to determine what makes yawning contagious. The BBC reports it happens in the part of the brain that controls ...