laughter
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Psychology professor Robert Provine spent decades studying laughter and learned a lot about humans along the way.
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Joshua Rothman on what the early emergence of humor in children’s lives suggests about human nature.
For philosopher Henri Bergson, laughter solves a serious human conundrum: how to keep our minds and social lives elastic
Laughter is universal, but lol is not.
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Babies start laughing before they can speak, and this delicious sound just may serve as a powerful source of human communication and connection, says psychology researcher Caspar Addyman.