[Mindfulist] January 16th

[January 16th] Yawn: “Yawn. It’s one of the best things you can do for your brain.” – Andrew Newburg for Penn Gazette (read the full article)

(I have again sent you first to The Mindfulist.) I yawned several times while reading the article, which does in fact state that reading about yawning will make you yawn. It brings up the issue in our society in which we consider yawning to be a rude action. Looking at yawning through this article really made me think more about the function as the yawns occurred. The idea that the yawn is to the brain what the fan is to the computer seems very intriguing to me. I’ve always been a little curious about neurological functions, though. I’m a thinker who enjoys thinking about thinking.