A recently published study has found that women ‘catch’ yawns at a higher rate than men do; the reason is believed to be because females are more empathetic which is an attribute associated with the contagiousness of yawns.

Yawning is known to be contagious, but a new study has found that there may be a difference in reaction based on gender.
The research focuses on the growing belief that yawns tend to move from one person to another because of empathy.
And because women have been shown to be more empathetic, the team hypothesized that they would also be more responsive to the involuntary action.
To assess this potential link, about 4,000 yawns were secretly observed and documented in various real-worl