Psychologyspeaking topic
Someone across from you on the bus yawns, and you yawn. Even reading the word 'yawn' is enough. It has nothing to do with your own tiredness. Why is your body so permeable that it involuntarily mimics someone else's state?
— contagious yawning, empathy and mirror neurons
practice with this topic
Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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