Yawn-contagion correlated with kindness. "Catching" a yawn from someone else is an indicator of empathy.

Those impervious to the infection also struggle to put themselves in other people's shoes, psychological tests showed.

The findings might also explain why schizophrenics, who have particular difficulty in doing this, rarely catch yawns. 

I had no idea that schizophrenics don't "catch" yawns.  From now on my new party-game is "Spot the Schizo," in which I go from group to group subtly yawning until I find someone who doesn't yawn with me.  At that point I will slap them on top of the head and scream, "What's wrong with you buddy?  You need therapy!"

Found via [Boing Boing Blog]

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There's a new Homestar Runner game in development for the Atari 2600 game console.  The game will be released into the emulation community when it is finished and has the backing of the Homestar Runner creative team. via [slashdot.org]

Speaking of Which Homestar Runner character are you?




this quiz was made by jurjyfrort

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