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  • Yawning is such a primitive neurological function,” Platek says, “it’s a window into what happened during the evolution of the brain.”

    Is Yawning Uncontrollable and Contagious? | Impact Lab 2010

  • Georg Sch�llhammer describes Hamlet Hovsepian's Washing Hair, Biting Nails, Yawning, which is a fine thing for most of us since we're hardly likely to see it anytime soon.

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • Georg Sch�llhammer describes Hamlet Hovsepian's Washing Hair, Biting Nails, Yawning, which is a fine thing for most of us since we're hardly likely to see it anytime soon.

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • Georg Sch�llhammer describes Hamlet Hovsepian's Washing Hair, Biting Nails, Yawning, which is a fine thing for most of us since we're hardly likely to see it anytime soon.

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • Georg Sch�llhammer describes Hamlet Hovsepian's Washing Hair, Biting Nails, Yawning, which is a fine thing for most of us since we're hardly likely to see it anytime soon.

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • "I think the next one should be call Yawning User.

    ACM TechNews 2009

  • Yawning, she turns to face the wall and all of a sudden she sees it on the dresser.

    Claudia Ricci: Seeing Red: "Face Up to the Facts" Claudia Ricci 2011

  • Yawning, Charles haphazardly slung his clothes and wig over the damask chair, put his blue enamel travel clock on the marble-topped nightstand, and climbed into bed next to me, nuzzling his face into my neck.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • Yawning, he runs both hands briskly over his face, and in that rapid up and down motion, he is suddenly the boy he used to be at age nine, waking up for school.

    Claudia Ricci: Seeing Red: "Jesús Just Wants to Play Guitar," Part Two Claudia Ricci 2011

  • Yawning, she turns to face the wall and all of a sudden she sees it on the dresser.

    Claudia Ricci: Seeing Red: "Face Up to the Facts" Claudia Ricci 2011

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