Did you caught by your teacher for your lazy YAWN while you are in class? Am sure one or the other way YAWNING is a symbol of laziness in the minds of most people. But science now shows how much a simple YAWN can make changes in your Brain..
Several recent brain-scan studies
have shown that yawning evokes a unique neural activity in the areas of the brain that are directly involved in generating social awareness and creating feelings of empathy. One of those areas is the precuneus, a tiny structure hidden within the folds of the parietal lobe. According to researchers at the Institute of Neurology in London, the precuneus appears to play a central role in consciousness, self-reflection, and memory retrieval..
Yawning quickly brings you into a heightened state of cognitive awareness.Yawning will relax you and bring you into a state of alertness faster than any other meditation technique. It regulates the temperature and metabolism of your brain.Numerous neurochemicals are involved in the yawning experience, including dopamine, which activates oxytocin production in your hypothalamus and hippocampus, areas essential for memory recall, voluntary control, and temperature regulation, anger controll etc..
So, Yawn as many times a day as possible. Do false Yawns. You may feel difficulty and think this as just madness for first few Yawns. But don ’t stop there, because by the tenth or twelfth yawn, you’ll feel the power of this seductive little trick..
Your eyes may start watering and
your nose may begin to run, but
you ’ll also feel utterly present,
incredibly relaxed, and highly alert.!!
Next time ownwards when some one complaints about your Yawn, smile at them and tell them that you are not just yawning, but trying to get the heights of coagnitive awareness!!!! ....:)
