Yawning Survey Among Students, Professors, and Employees of Tabriz University and Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Yawning is an involuntary social behavior that occurs spontaneously and contagiously in most vertebrate species from embryonic stages to old age. The origin and function of this phenomenon are not clearly known and various stimuli can cause it. Our aim in this study was to investigate the factors ef...
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| description | Yawning is an involuntary social behavior that occurs spontaneously and contagiously in most vertebrate species from embryonic stages to old age. The origin and function of this phenomenon are not clearly known and various stimuli can cause it. Our aim in this study was to investigate the factors effective in causing yawning in the northwest of Iran. This survey was conducted in the form of a questionnaire from 250 volunteer students and employees of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and Tabriz University in northwest of Iran. The strongest motivation was seeing others yawning, and the others in order were fatigue, long and boring lectures, insomnia, and being in class; also the number of yawns in the morning was 8–10 AM more than other times. Insomnia caused by sleeping late is one of the five important causes of yawning caused by living in dormitories. According to the stimuli, it seems that yawning is probably responsible for the regulation of alertness during sleepiness, which, by extension, facilitates communication. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-614c8a34eba84ed5a5a04916e60c30252025-08-20T02:47:35ZengKorean Society of Sleep MedicineSleep Medicine Research2093-91752233-88532025-06-0116213313610.17241/smr.2025.02635325Yawning Survey Among Students, Professors, and Employees of Tabriz University and Tabriz University of Medical SciencesVahid Asgharzadeh0Seyyedeh Mahsa Hosseini1Mohammad Asgharzadeh2Seyyed Amin Seyyed Rezaei3Behroz Mahdavi Poor4Jalil Rashedi5 Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Hematology and Oncology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Biotechnology Research Center, and Faculty of Paramedicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, East Azarbaijan Province Branch, Tabriz, Iran Neuroscience Research Center, and Faculty of Paramedicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranYawning is an involuntary social behavior that occurs spontaneously and contagiously in most vertebrate species from embryonic stages to old age. The origin and function of this phenomenon are not clearly known and various stimuli can cause it. Our aim in this study was to investigate the factors effective in causing yawning in the northwest of Iran. This survey was conducted in the form of a questionnaire from 250 volunteer students and employees of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and Tabriz University in northwest of Iran. The strongest motivation was seeing others yawning, and the others in order were fatigue, long and boring lectures, insomnia, and being in class; also the number of yawns in the morning was 8–10 AM more than other times. Insomnia caused by sleeping late is one of the five important causes of yawning caused by living in dormitories. According to the stimuli, it seems that yawning is probably responsible for the regulation of alertness during sleepiness, which, by extension, facilitates communication.http://sleepmedres.org/upload/pdf/smr-2025-02635.pdfyawningbehaviorsleepinessempathycommunication |
| spellingShingle | Vahid Asgharzadeh Seyyedeh Mahsa Hosseini Mohammad Asgharzadeh Seyyed Amin Seyyed Rezaei Behroz Mahdavi Poor Jalil Rashedi Yawning Survey Among Students, Professors, and Employees of Tabriz University and Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Sleep Medicine Research yawning behavior sleepiness empathy communication |
| title | Yawning Survey Among Students, Professors, and Employees of Tabriz University and Tabriz University of Medical Sciences |
| title_full | Yawning Survey Among Students, Professors, and Employees of Tabriz University and Tabriz University of Medical Sciences |
| title_fullStr | Yawning Survey Among Students, Professors, and Employees of Tabriz University and Tabriz University of Medical Sciences |
| title_full_unstemmed | Yawning Survey Among Students, Professors, and Employees of Tabriz University and Tabriz University of Medical Sciences |
| title_short | Yawning Survey Among Students, Professors, and Employees of Tabriz University and Tabriz University of Medical Sciences |
| title_sort | yawning survey among students professors and employees of tabriz university and tabriz university of medical sciences |
| topic | yawning behavior sleepiness empathy communication |
| url | http://sleepmedres.org/upload/pdf/smr-2025-02635.pdf |
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