cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhat is the mechanism behind yawning?message-squaremessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down17
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the mechanism behind yawning?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squarebrvslvrnst@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14·3 days agoI was told it’s due to your brain needing more oxygen?
minus-squareSam A.@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 days agoThat’s what I’ve heard too. Fun fact: I’ve been using a ventilator to breathe with for the past six years, my brain should have learned by now that yawning doesn’t give it more oxygen. I still yawn.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 days agoWonder if its related to physiological sigh
I was told it’s due to your brain needing more oxygen?
That’s what I’ve heard too.
Fun fact: I’ve been using a ventilator to breathe with for the past six years, my brain should have learned by now that yawning doesn’t give it more oxygen. I still yawn.
Wonder if its related to physiological sigh