I’ve come to believe that laughter is best understood as a vocal affirmation of mutual vulnerability. Having discussed “vulnerability” at some length in prior posts, I’d like to relate what I mean by ...

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This article is republished from The Conversation. Laughter is an everyday reminder that we humans are animals. In fact, when recorded laughter is slowed down, listeners can’t tell whether the sound ...

Some laughs warm the cockles of one’s heart, while others scare with their sinister tones. More than 95% of conversations contain laughter. People laugh for various reasons: to express amusement, ...

From the deep belly laugh shared with friends to the quiet chuckle over a humorous text, laughter does more than just brighten your day—it actually delivers measurable physical benefits to your ...

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‘LAUGHTER’ is a word, we are told by the philologists, that is a distant cousin of the Greek κλωσσϵιυ, ‘to cluck like a hen,’ and also of κρáζϵιυ, ‘to croak.’ But we need not go any further than our ...