Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Broken Down; Laughter

Laughter: An audible expression, or appearance of merriment, or happiness, or an inward feeling of joy and pleasure (laughing on the inside). It may ensue (as a physiological reaction) from jokes, tickling and other stimuli.

"Drugs, such as Cannabis, can also induce episodes of strong laughter. Strong laughter can sometimes bring an onset of tears or even moderate muscular pain. Laughter is a part of human behavior regulated by the brain. It helps humans clarify their intentions in social interaction and provides 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 Laughter Effect
The feeling when an individual observes or hears a majority of the group laughing, but the individual doesn't find the subject matter that the group is laughing at funny. Therefore the individual fakes a laugh so nobody ask individual why individual didn't think it was funny or feel left out from the majority of the group. Either that or the individual didn't understand the joke so the individual plays along. "



isn't that neat?

1 comment:

Angel of Pathos said...

Laughter is also for human beings, so I don't understand it at all.