A good belly laugh can of course enhance your mood, but as the Mayo Clinic points out, there are resounding benefits beyond ...

In the realm of physics, it would seem that cause always precedes effect. In the realm of human behavior, and for our laughter in particular, things appear to be much more flexible. Anticipatory ...

Internet slang, textspeak, SMS language, whatever you call it the short abbreviations that pepper digital communications are still new enough that the uninitiated can stumble. Even laughter, a human ...

Laughing is something most people do every day, but chances are we don’t really understand why we do it. "Laughter is one of a series of in-born human behaviors, along with things like coughing and ...

Can't stop laughing at the wrong time? Research shows your go-to strategy doesn't work, especially when others are laughing.

University of Pittsburgh provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Laughter is uniquely human. Sometimes deliberate, sometimes uncontrollable, we laugh out loud to signal our reaction to a ...

This post is part two of a series. In the first post of this blog series, I made the case that the best way of understanding laughter was as a form of nonverbal communication, one that affirms a sense ...

We’ve all heard the phrase that “laughter is the best medicine.” Medical science seems to back up the claim. Research shows that laughter releases chemicals in our bodies that relieve stress and ...