Did you know that smiles are contagious?
818782
Yes!! \ndo it plz!! america needs optimism\ntry it at work, with ur friends, in walmart, at the bank, school, home\nmy boss forces one on everyday when he walks in. this man will work 24 hrs in 2 days w/the patience & compassion 2 fill the titanic but still spreads some lving w/that smile & "howdy's" when he walks in.\n\ni'm sending my lv & smiles\npeace
604697
lolol...yawns are contagious..u just made me yawn reading ur question...brat!!!
239204
Yes, but more often than not i will let people know if something is in their teeth.
282876
emotoins them selves are contagious bad ones are just easyer to catch
468940
Please put a smile on your avatar! It will help you.
976897
No it means they are smiling at you :D
940984
a smile with tongue sticking out!!!!
648433
No you don't have to smile constantly.  People who say things like that are damn nosy and looking to poke in your business.  Tell them smiles are not synonymous with happiness and walk off.  They'll be frowning while trying to figure out what you just said, and you'll be smiling at your own cleverness!
503104
Yes it is.\nThe ability of laughter to cause laughter indicates that humans might have "auditory feature detectors"--neural circuits that respond exclusively to this species-typical vocalization". These detectors trigger the neural circuits that generate laughter. A laugh generator that is initiated by a laugh detector may be why laughter is contagious.
423912
stare and smile at the same time.
18541
Yes it is, sometimes very contagious.  However, before you put on a mask to walk outside, most people are able to fight off the microbes before it puts them in the hospital.  Use common sense.
57419
I think that it's the power of suggestion - just like seeing someone itch can be contagious.
498826
eye contact and smiling along with playful convo
239646
It's contagious to only those with an empathetic mind. Not everyone has one, so not everyone is going to yawn if someone else does.\n\nDon't listen to that Brisbane Roo character--he's full of it. It's true what he said about periods, but that has nothing to do with yawning.
448182
MY SMILE...I SEEK MY SMILE IN...I DONT KNOW ACTUALLY,MY SMILE IS IN EVERYTHING,I LOVE TO SMILE A LOT.HAPPINESS IS NOT JUST SMILING,HAPPINESS IS IN SEARCHING AND GETTING A SMILE.ITS IN ALL OF US,JUST WE NEEDA GE THAT OUT.LIFE IS JUST TOO BEAUTIFUL,IT GIVES U EVERYTHING,JUST LEARN TO ACCEPT IT,YOU WILL GET YOUR LURKING HAPPINESS.WE ALL R TOO GOOD,ALL OF US,ALSO THAT BLOODY MALE 26 VIRGINIA,BUT WE FEAR TO REVEAL OUR GOODNESS,INCASE WE R EXPLOITED OR HURT OR NOT RECIPROCATED IN THE SAME WAY,INCASE PEOPLE COME TO KNOW WE ALL ARE SOFT.THAT'S LIFE,BUDDY,AND THE LOVLIEST AND MOST MYSTERIOUS...LIFE.
967357
The answer is, no one really knows why yawning is "contagious". Or why we yawn at all. One popular explanation is that yawning allows you to get rid of too much carbon dioxide in your system and increase your oxygen supply. This was disproved by Dr. Robert Provine and his research team in 1987.\n\nNow scientists are wondering if yawning is from our deep past -- part of our evolutionary history. Did a yawn signal to the group that it was time for everyone to retire to the trees and snooze? Did a yawn signal that we were all feeling cozy and warm about each other? Did a yawn signal something more like, "Gee, I know how you're feeling, I feel that way too."\n\nBetween 40 and 60 percent of the population seems to find yawning contagious. Researchers at the State University of New York conducted a series of yawning experiments. They determined that being self-aware (the ability to recognize oneself) and having the ability to see things from someone else's viewpoint means a person is more likely to find yawning contagious.\n\nNow you're thinking, what humans are not self-aware? Schizophrenics sometimes have trouble with self-recognition so they will not find yawning contagious. Babies won't yawn contagiously until they're more than a year old.\n\nSome birds and reptiles yawn. Most mammals yawn. My dog yawns, but that doesn't make me yawn -- I obviously cannot put myself in her paw prints. (But who can empathize with a creature that sleeps all day, then when she does bother to get up and join you on a walk, suddenly bolts after a squirrel and nearly tears your arm out of your socket? I have no idea what's going on in that dog's mind.)\n\nChimpanzees yawn too, and in fact, if they watch other chimps yawn, they're more likely to yawn too.\n\nSo, I guess the real answer is: who knows?
857869
They probably think it's contagious. LOL.  Who knows?  But it's pretty stupid the way people act about it.