Assertion: yawning | /r/HasProperty | way
Facets:
value: simply
type: DEGREE
value: in a way
type: MANNER
value: to the brain
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in all these instances
type: TEMPORAL
value: in order to increase alertness
type: PURPOSE
value: to avoid the brain overheating
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Stretching and yawning may be a way to flex muscles and joints, increase heart rate, and feel more awake.
text: It has also been suggested that yawn is a way of cooling your brain, to avoid the brain overheating.
text: His yawning, just like lip licking, may therefore be his way to tell you to please calm down and use less stressful techniques when addressing undesirable behaviors.
text: In all these instances, yawning is a way to force blood, and thus oxygen, to the brain in order to increase alertness.
text: The hypothesis was that the brain does not function at its optimal level when exposed to high temperatures, and yawning is a way for the body to cool down the brain.
text: Scientists used to think that yawning was a way of dealing with oxygen deficiencies in our blood.
text: In a way, yawning is simply a way that you and your body tell yourself that your heart and lungs are still working.
text: Thus stretching and yawning may be a way to flex muscles and joints; which increases the heart rate and feel more awake and comfort.
text: Yawning is a way to get rid of excess cardon dioxide in the body and bring in more oxygen.
text: sooooooo if yawning is a way that your body tries to wake your brain up by getting more oxygen to it, and fresh air (oxygen) helps you if you feel sick - taaa daaaaaaa its your brain trying to get extra oxygen?????
text: One of the first theories for yawning can be traced back to Hippocrates, the father of medicine, who hypothesized that yawning precedes a fever and is a way to remove bad air from the lungs.
text: Psychologists believe yawning is a way of showing empathy.
text: The second theory - and possibly the most entertaining one - states that yawning is simply a way of showing others or ourselves that something is mundane or boring.
text: Stretching and yawning may be a way to flex muscles and joints, increase heart rate, and feel more awake.
text: The traditional and most well known theory for yawning states that yawning is a way of increasing oxygen levels in our body.
text: Rather than being a sign of falling asleep, some argue that yawning is a way for the body to become more alert.
text: So yawning may be a way for our bodies to keep us alert and active, a useful evolutionary trait when we had to be on the lookout for predators.
text: Stretching and yawning may be a way to flex muscles and joints, increase heart rate, and feel more awake.
text: Stretching and yawning may be a way to flex muscles and joints, increase heart rate, and feel more awake.
text: Yawning is a way of displaying to others or ourselves that we find something tedious or dull.
text: Another suggestion is that yawning is a way of controlling brain and/or body temperature.
text: Yawning is way to regulate brain temperature, so says one of the latest theories of yawning coming from the University of Albany in 2007.