Turns out, all those belly laughs were doing something real.

A psychologist explains the evolutionary and psychological roots of laughter, and what an infant’s giggles teach us about how adults bond.

When Nuar Alsadir went to clown school, she wasn't there for a career in clowning. The poet and psychoanalyst was researching laughter for a new book –- going out to comedy clubs and improv shows to ...

Everyone likes a good belly laugh from time to time, and science supports that feeling.Studies have shown that laughing is linked to our physical, emotional and mental well-being — even our ...

Scientists have long known that the bond between parent and child is vital to a child's social, emotional, and cognitive development. Secure attachment leads to better emotional regulation, healthier ...

Amusement and pleasant surprises – and the laughter they can trigger – add texture to the fabric of daily life. Those giggles and guffaws can seem like just silly throwaways. But laughter, in response ...

Laughter is regularly promoted as a source of health and well being, but it has been hard to pin down exactly why laughing until it hurts feels so good. The answer, reports Robin Dunbar, an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cheerful couple enjoying movie. A side-splitting joke might spur, between tears and gasps for air, the age-old exclamation: "I'm ...

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