This Embarrassing Habit Might Actually Help ‘Clean’ Your Brain

Not to mention, it can feel pretty dang good.

Study reveals surprising benefits of yawning – and what happens if we try to resist

Yawning could have an overlooked role in regulating fluids in the brain, according to a groundbreaking new study, which also ...
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CSF Hugs Arteries to Squeeze into the Brain

The space between the arachnoid and pia meningeal layers encasing the brain is a landscape of connective tissue, blood vessels, and cerebrospinal fluid. Scientists debate how that fluid moves within ...

Groundbreaking new study may have just discovered why we yawn

Groundbreaking new study may have just discovered why we yawn - ...
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What Happens in Your Brain When You Yawn?

India, May 7 -- Yawning may feel like a simple reflex, but new research suggests it triggers complex changes inside the brain (1).
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A good yawn might do more than you think, say researchers

A simple yawn may feel like the most ordinary of human acts—a reflex triggered by tiredness, boredom, or seeing someone else's mouth stretch wide. But scientists still cannot say with certainty why we ...

MRI scans uncover key difference between yawning and deep breathing

While deep breathing moves CSF toward the brain, yawning sometimes pushes it away. Both actions increase blood flow out of ...
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Yawning does something unexpected in your brain, MRI scans reveal

(Anna Cinaroglu/Moment/Getty Images) Yawning has an unusual and unexpected effect on the flow of fluid protecting the brain, a recent study reveals, though it's not yet clear what the impact of this ...