The rate of the Japanese experience of yawning had been transmitted after seeing others yawn
by H.Hirai(Sponsor:Sei Enterprise,Inc.),psychology/ergonomics MEng ,2003 June
English summary... The mechanism of a YAWN is not solved now, the phenomenon of yawning by alluring others is checked as if it was transmitted yawned yourself. So , I prepared two questions, "[1] whether you think that a yawn is infectious ?" and "[2] After having seen others yawning, is there any experience in which you have also yawned unconsciously?" , and the questionnaire was carried out for 2,354 subjects of Japanese. It became clear that many Japanese of about 80% think as a result that a yawn is infectious.
Keywords : The phenomenon of the yawn which can be hallucinated as if it was transmitted,questionnaire,Consumer.
by the way.....Although it is the questionnaire survey was conducted as an event plan of the prize which a store offers, only the member who registered personal information such as a name and an address and a telephone number etc. can participate. Moreover, it considered mechanically so that everybody could not participate in investigation only once. Therefore, it guarantees saying that the result of this investigation is a true value. Although I am a society member but since this investigation is just play heart(sorry) , so and it announces and it becomes precocious only in a homepage, If you were pleased in this investigation, quote freely or use...(:p