What is the scientific explanation of laughter?
Q. I always wanted to understand what is it inside the human body that triggers laughter. What is the science behind it?
Asked by Adrockos - Sat Apr 4 12:10:49 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Laughter is a part of human behavior regulated by the brain. Helping humans clarify their intentions in social interaction and providing an emotional context to conversations. Laughter is used as a signal for being part of a group it signals acceptance and positive interactions with others. Laughter is sometimes seemingly contagious, and the laughter of one person can itself provoke laughter from others as a positive feedback. This may account in part for the popularity of laugh tracks in situation comedy television shows. The study of humor and laughter, and its psychological and physiological effects on the human body is called gelotology.
Answered by hurtin' - Sat Apr 4 13:08:09 2009

Is laughter a natural response to being tickled against your will?
Q. I heard that laughter isn't a response you can control, even in a situation like that where you don't want to be touched?
Asked by anonymouswreck9 - Sun Dec 14 00:15:09 2008 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

Can laughter really help you get better?
Q. I am doing a science project in school, and i was wondering whether laughter or any other psychologically pleasing emotion, can actually help you heal faster. If you find any information please state your sources.
Asked by alan372092004 - Thu Jan 4 15:43:22 2007 - - 313 Answers - 2 Comments

A. Laughter IS the best medicine
Answered by bluebell - Thu Jan 4 15:46:00 2007

What's the difference between laugh and laughter?
Q. What's the difference between laugh and laughter? Pls answer me as much as you know. Thanks a lot. laugh can be verb and noun. laughter is noun. What's the difference when both of these two words are noun?
Asked by rainy - Fri Sep 8 03:28:06 2006 - - 11 Answers - 0 Comments

A. While it is true that "to laugh" is a verb, both laugh and laughter can be nouns as well, but they have different meanings. To paraphrase my dictionary, the noun "laugh" is a sudden, nonverbal expression of pleasure or mirth, peculiar to humans. "Laughter" is the act or sound of laughing (and then the dictionary goes on to describe the physical act of laughing).
Answered by neniaf - Fri Sep 8 04:17:02 2006

Where exactly do they come up with the statistic "Laughter adds 8 Years onto your life"?
Q. What are the conditions? How much laughter? Hours a day? Minutes? I think it's a really flawed stat because if you go around laughing all day, sooner or later someone's going to kill you, and that would negate any positive years added on.
Asked by Deuce Bostitute: Male Prostitute - Wed Jul 9 17:58:43 2008 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. it could mean that too much laughter can make you look 8 years older. you use and strain your facial muscles much faster when you laugh.
Answered by unknown - Wed Jul 9 18:25:10 2008

Why do people believe laughter is the best medicine ?
Q. It was not been proved really we just think it's healthy . I mean do you feel better have you have had a good cry or a good laugh ? . It really hasn't been proved that laughter has long term benefits .
Asked by Northern cloth cat - Tue Feb 10 18:16:33 2009 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. a good laugh or a good cry release endorphins which are the feel good hormones both also release unwanted tension
Answered by unknown - Tue Feb 10 18:24:47 2009

What Jamaican animals makes weird noises that sound like laughter followed by screaming?
Q. I was in Harmons Jamaica and I heard really scary/strange noises outside. We were in an area surrounded by jungle and the sound was like laughter followed by screaming. I was told by the residents that it was some type of bird! What bird would make such a god awful sound?!?! I was really scared when I heard it... and I woke up a buddy of mine who confirmed that he heard the sound too!
Asked by Matt - Sun Dec 23 16:30:27 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. kookabura come from aulstralia. Its probably a Laughing Gull... hints the name... or it could of been one of there many parrots.
Answered by Fancie - Tue Dec 25 01:22:29 2007

What is the reason why I have had uncontrollable spontaneous laughter?
Q. Last week, as I was listening to a lecture with my classmates, I got a case of "the giggles." I mean I couldn't stop cracking up! As a matter of fact, I'm laughing right now! And then, as I was singing in the church choir, I began to chuckle again! But it has become somewhat problematic during times when I have to be in more serious environments. So, what's with my spontaneous laughter, anyway? It's not like I'm laughing at anyone or anything in particular. I don't feel particularly good or bad. I'm fat and don't exercise. I watch too much television and sometimes study too much. I don't drink or do drugs. But sometimes I do get depressed or anxious. Is there a psychological explanation for this in my life? I will say this,… [cont.]
Asked by Not-So-Perfect - Sun Feb 25 20:09:18 2007 - - 10 Answers - 1 Comments

A. i have done the same thing, and it makes me look crazier than I typically am anyways. When a person is stressed, nervous, or has a serious LOS (that's lack of sleep, get your mind out of my gutter) they can start laughing, uncontrollably, even until they cry or are out of breath. It has to do with hormones and your mind trying to release stress.
Answered by hell hath no fury - Sun Feb 25 20:19:32 2007

Do you agree that LOVE and LAUGHTER are two of the most important things in a person's life?
Q. I believe people need laughter to get them through their daily routines. We must laugh to relieve stress. As for LOVE it is the most important emotion we were given. We have to share it, though, in order to experience it.
Asked by unknown - Fri Sep 1 09:26:42 2006 - - 12 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Its "Everything".
Answered by unknown - Sat Sep 2 20:01:14 2006

Do you know of any quotations about laughter?
Q. I actually do know quite a few, but for this specific project for English, we need to choose a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson or Henry David Thoreau... If you know of any quotes these two men have said about LaUgHtEr, I would appreciate you sending the info my way! Thanks everyone!
Asked by Emma Casey - Sun Jan 21 17:16:19 2007 - - 5 Answers - 1 Comments

A. Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new. Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", 1854 Not exactly laughter, but: The essence of all jokes, of all comedy, seems to be an honest or well intended halfness; a non performance of that which is pretended to be performed, at the same time that one is giving loud pledges of performance. The balking of the intellect, is comedy and it announces itself in the pleasant spasms we call laughter. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Answered by istitch2 - Sun Jan 21 17:49:36 2007

What has anyone ever done,that has made you have to stop yourself bursting into fits of laughter?
Q. Mine was when my husband was in the garden(he was not in the best of moods) when he stepped on some doggy doo in his bare feet and it came up between his toes. I was pretending to be as disgusted as he was, when all I wanted to do was explode with laughter. Tell me yours.
Asked by falutd - Tue Jan 15 11:40:43 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Seeing an old woman fall down some stairs in a shopping centre... so funny!!! She wasn't hurt in the slightest, and fell head first down a moving elevator!!! Hands outstretched she flipped.. and landed back on her feet!!! (She must have been 70!!!) I desparaetly wanted to laugh... but daren't in case she had hurt herself!!? Without a hair out of place... she shrugged her coat on.. then continued as if nothing had happened!!! There were, possibly 15 people behind her, but the silence that followed was deafening!!! AMAZING!!!
Answered by Daz C - Tue Jan 15 20:35:47 2008

how would the did the primitive sapiens use laughter as a mean of communication?
Q. I have been reading a statement which says that before human ancestors could talk with each other, laughter was a simpler method of communication, but i didn't understand how did the did primitive sapiens use laughter as a mean of communication? thankz for your time.
Asked by Mukhaadarad! - Sat Oct 20 11:34:37 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Sounds like a silly theory, how could they prove that?
Answered by MJ - Sat Oct 20 11:37:04 2007

What is it that makes us cry with laughter?
Q. I Cry with laughter all the time..coz i find everything funny..and i absoloutely love the feeling..its probably the happiest feeling ever..when you are bent over double unable to breathe and crying through laughing so hard..but what is it inside us that makes us cry when we laugh very hard? Some peoplee dont cry no matter how hard they laugh..but i do.. What is it that triggers it inside us? I just think it is very weird!
Asked by :] - Tue Mar 18 16:28:48 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It is very interesting. According to the "scientists", hormones/chemicals are released when crying b/c before crying you have an excess of them b/c when overreacting or something like that, our body works way overttime to produce these chemicals that we don't need, and crying is the way to get rid of them...
Answered by I'm nobody, who are you? - Tue Mar 18 22:12:37 2008

Are there any bad side effects from having botox for laughter lines?
Q. I am only 30 but have quite strong laughter lines between my nose and mouth and therefore am considering botox. One of my worries though is that once I've had the treatment, will I need to keep on having it or will I end up worse than I started off?
Asked by nicole h - Mon Oct 22 14:42:51 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I'm a nurse and own a medical spa with my physician husband. This is how it is. Botox is used between the eyebrows, on the forehead and on the outer corners of your eyes. The lines that run from your nose to your mouth are called nasolabial folds and you use dermal fillers there like Restylane, Juvederm, Perlane, ArteFill and Radiesse. You need to have a physician perform your injections. If you are considering Botox for your forehead find out who is good. You can go on Botox Cosmetic web site and locate a doctor. Doctors listed there are ones who have been considered appropriately trained by the company. You have 2 types of lines. Dynamic lines are lines that are created when you make an expression then go away when you stop. Static… [cont.]
Answered by Paula Y - Mon Oct 22 23:03:11 2007

How can I control my laughter?
Q. Oftentimes, my friends say something funny in the middle of class and I cannot help but find it laugh and be tickled by it, even after the joke should be dead. My continued laughter sometimes makes a scene. How can I stop thinking something is funny?
Asked by nc_kickz - Tue Jan 27 19:52:15 2009 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Think of how irrelevant your life is, that should shut you up. You are so shallow you actually have to go to Yahoo Answers to figure how not to appear being a ditsy, and baseless shell of a person.
Answered by Scott H - Tue Jan 27 22:04:11 2009

Science behind laughter and jokes and humor?
Q. Now I know that laughter is caused by something we find "funny" but I am wondering what causes us to find that something funny. Also if we know that each person finds different things funny that means that there is some variable that changes throughout different people (DNA?) and is it possible to create the "perfect joke" based on these facts?
Asked by skateordiealone - Tue Apr 28 20:20:14 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. your sense of humor isn't causes as much by dna as it is your own experiences in life If it were a variable it would be a fluctuating variable because it would change for every person.
Answered by heather11ginny23 - Wed Apr 29 15:24:57 2009

Where did the last name (surname) Laughter come from?
Q. What country of origin did it come from? Is there a family crest? Are there any famous people with the last name of Laughter? Does Laughter mean anything? Under which description does it fall: Locale, Occupation, Patronymical, or Descriptive?
Asked by Bo L - Sun Sep 21 15:40:40 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Laughter: Last name origins & meanings: English (Norfolk): of uncertain origin; perhaps a nickname for a jolly, laughing person, from the vocabulary word laughter. Possibly also an Americanized form of Dutch Lachter, an unflattering nickname from Middle Low German lachter shame , disgrace .
Answered by Tebs - Sun Sep 21 17:47:13 2008

Where can i download audience laughter and chuckling for free?It's for a movie im making for a school project?
Q. I guess you consider laughter and chuckling sound effects, so where can i download these online?
Asked by boom shaka lacka - Thu Oct 16 20:37:01 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

if laughter is the best medicine then who is the dummy that died laughing?
Q. if you died laughing laughter is not the medicine for you.
Asked by jabbalover109 - Mon Oct 20 09:35:25 2008 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Yup. you CAN actually die of laughing too much - FACT lol... XOXOXxx
Answered by ROcK YoUR wORLd! - Mon Oct 20 09:45:03 2008

It is possible to explain INTELLIGENT DESIGN to someone without bursting into uncontrollable laughter?
Q. IJR can't do it. ID just doesn't make sense. Everytime IJR tries to explain it to someone, the laughter just comes. IJR can't hold it in.
Asked by IJR - Wed Nov 5 23:01:46 2008 - - 25 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Intelligent design proponents say that although evidence pointing to the nature of an "intelligent cause or agent" may not beheheheh...hehh...heh... erm... yes... may not be directly observable, its effects on nature can be deheheheheh...ahhh... can...be.. deHahahahahahaha! heheheheheheheheh! .. ... No you cant
Answered by emperor_allectus - Wed Nov 5 23:06:21 2008