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This seems to be a piece of pseudoscience commonly seen these days. The truth is that this effect has never been statistically observed. From the Skeptics Stack Exchange site: Ivan Kelly, James Rotton and Roger Culver (1996) examined over 100 studies on lunar effects and concluded that the studies have failed to show a reliable and significant ...


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Yawning is contagious in humans, which means that, in general, it is more likely that a person yawning after perceived (by sight, hearing, or both directions) yawning issued by another person. The frequency of infection varies throughout the day, with a peak in early morning and late evening. A recent study conducted by Ivan Norscia and Elisabetta Palagi ...



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