Ultrasound Shows That Even Unborn Babies Yawn

caption: This is an ultrasound showing yawn at 27.5 weeks gestation. Credit: Citation: Reissland N, Francis B, Mason J (2012) Development of Fetal Yawn Compared with Non-Yawn Mouth Openings from 24–36 Weeks Gestation. PLoS ONE 7(11): e50569. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050569in the room and others may follow suit. While yawning may be contagious with children and adults alike, the role of yawning is...

4D Scan Shows Fetus Yawning, A Sign That Could Help Identify Healthy Babies

Using 4D ultrasound scans that distinguish between yawning and simple mouth opening, researchers in the UK show that contrary to some views, fetuses do yawn, and suggest observing this behavior could be a useful way to monitor their developmental health.Lead researcher Nadja Reissland, from the Department of Psychology at Durham University, and colleagues, write about their findings in the 21 November...

Yawning a sign of health?

4-D ultrasound scan shows a foetus yawning in the womb at 24 weeks, in a study by Durham and Lancaster universities. Scientists have found that unborn babies not only hiccup, swallow and stretch, but they yawn too....