The largest study on yawning ever conducted, according to researchers, has revealed that animals with larger brains yawn longer to produce the needed cooling effect. “Given that larger brains have greater thermolytic needs and brain temperature is determined, in part, by heat production from neuronal activity, it was hypothesized that animals with larger brains and more neurons would yawn longer […]

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