Humor, Laughter and the Brain

groups of researchers started to scrutinize this form of merriment. Their investigations are shedding light on how the brain processes humor and prompts laughter. Researchers believe that uncovering the brain and body's specific response to positive stimuli like humor and laughter may lead to new therapies.
What do you get if you cross a student with an alien? Something from another universe-ity!
You'll also get unique activity in the brain if you think this joke is funny, according to increasing evidence. The new investigations into how humor and laughter influence the brain are leading to:
·A clearer understanding of how positive emotions affect brain mechanisms.
·Creative ideas for new therapies for emotion disorders and pain.
While many researchers have tracked the brain mechanisms of depression, fear and anger, they mostly ignored positive emotions. In recent years, however, a troupe of scientists has started to take laughter and humor much more seriously. …