Serena Williams of the U.S. bursts into laughter after a ball took an awkward spin in the first round match of the French Open tennis tournament. (Image via AP Photo/Michel Euler) What can be revealed ...

While scientists have thoroughly researched many other human sounds, such as singing and talking, remarkably little is known about the acoustics of laughter. Seeking to rectify this, psychologists ...

Experimental trial of viewing film clips in four cycles either intended to evoke laughter (humorous −10 min) or unlikely to elicit laughter (not humorous −5 min) under strictly controlled conditions ...

Can we infer someone’s cultural group from their laugher, even when we do not know what they are laughing at? And what kind of laughter do we find most positive? A new study by researchers from the ...

A new wave of viral clips has taken over social media, and this time the spotlight is on 40U football leagues. While the athletes themselves are clearly taking the competition seriously, viewers ...

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Few things can delight an adult more easily than the uninhibited, effervescent laughter of a baby. Yet baby laughter, a new study shows, differs from adult laughter in a key way: Babies laugh as they ...