Articles for tag: happiness science, human behavior, Laughter, Psychology of joy

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Why Do We Laugh? The Science of Joy

Suhail Ahmed

  If you asked a room full of people why they laugh, most would say it’s because something is funny. Neuroscientists, however, would gently disagree. Laughter, it turns out, is less about punchlines and more about survival, social glue, and the brain’s constant work of predicting the world. Scientists are now mapping laughter across neural ...

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Why Is Laughter So Contagious and What Is Its Purpose?

Suhail Ahmed

  We treat laughter like an afterthought – background noise to jokes, sitcoms, and awkward meetings – yet it behaves more like a social reflex than a private emotion. Scientists now see it as a biological broadcast that moves through groups with astonishing speed, reshaping chemistry in our brains and choreography in our bodies. The ...