Internet slang, textspeak, SMS language, whatever you call it the short abbreviations that pepper digital communications are still new enough that the uninitiated can stumble. Even laughter, a human ...

In the realm of physics, it would seem that cause always precedes effect. In the realm of human behavior, and for our laughter in particular, things appear to be much more flexible. Anticipatory ...

Laughing is something most people do every day, but chances are we don’t really understand why we do it. "Laughter is one of a series of in-born human behaviors, along with things like coughing and ...

This post is part two of a series. In the first post of this blog series, I made the case that the best way of understanding laughter was as a form of nonverbal communication, one that affirms a sense ...

University of Pittsburgh provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Laughter is uniquely human. Sometimes deliberate, sometimes uncontrollable, we laugh out loud to signal our reaction to a ...

“Like we say, exercise at least three to five days a week,” Miller said. “Belly laugh at least two to five days a week.” Although luminaries from the ancient Greeks to Freud have opined on the roots ...

Do you tend to masseuse (er, misuse) words in humorous ways? If yes, you've made a malapropism—and everyone from politicians to famous literature characters is guilty of it. Have you ever uttered a ...

To celebrate this April Fool’s Day and World Laughter Day, LCF is creating a series of vibrant visual assets with one simple mission: to make people smile.