Penn Gazette | Yawn. It’s one of thebest things you can do for your brain. Un piccolo articolo che ha cambiato la mia percezione di questo semplice gesto. Prova a sbadigliare ora. Dice Andrew Newburg che:
Even at seminars, after presenting the overwhelmingly positive evidence, when I ask people to yawn, half of the audience will hesitate. I have to coax them so they can feel the immediate relaxing effects. There’s an unexplained stigma in our society implying that it’s rude to yawn, and most of us were taught this when we were young.
Invece sbadigliare fa bene: riduce la tensione e lo stress, attiva zone del cervello che hanno a che fare con la consapevolezza di sé, la memoria e persino con l’empatia, la capacità di immedesimarsi nel comportamento e nei sentimenti degli altri.
Yawning will relax you and bring you into a state of alertness faster than any other meditation technique I know of, and because it is neurologically contagious, it’s particularly easy to teach in a group setting. One of my former students used yawning to bring her argumentative board of directors back to order in less than 60 seconds. Why? Because it helps people synchronize their behavior with others.
Dogs yawn before attacking, Olympic athletes yawn before performing, and fish yawn before they change activities. Evidence even exists that yawning helps individuals on military assignment perform their tasks with greater accuracy and ease. Indeed, yawning may be one of the most important mechanisms for regulating the survival-related behaviors in mammals. So if you want to maintain an optimally healthy brain, it is essential that you yawn.
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