Chasmology

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Chasmology is the science of yawning . The scientist working in this area is called a "chasmologist".

The term is borrowed from the ancient Greek verb chasmè . The associated noun chasma also means 'open mouth'. Today this term can still be found in the English word chasm for 'abyss'.

In chasmology, the reason for yawning is researched through brain research, psychologists, doctors and biologists. One of the oldest hypotheses is said to be that yawning increases the oxygen content of the body. However, this statement was refuted in 1987. However, it was found that yawning is a social phenomenon. You can make someone else or even animals yawn by yawning yourself.

In June 2010, the first congress for chasmology took place in the Charcot amphithéâtre in the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris , with doctors, psychologists, primatologists , neuroscientists and hobby researchers, etc. a. with the scientist Andrew Gallup from Binghamton University in the US state of New York .

Web links

• DER SPIEGEL 26/2010 June 28, 2010
• Tagblatt Zürch July 28, 2010
• Eos Magazine (PDF; 506 kB)
• Why we yawn. SWR (audio file; 37.8 MB)