Why Do We Laugh

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Laughing is weird if you think about it- a physical response to something we find funny, or even uncomfortable. Guest host Annie Gaus explains why we do it. • Read More: • DO ANIMALS LAUGH • http://www.livescience.com/6946-joke-... • Life can be funny, and not just for humans. Studies by various groups suggest monkeys, dogs and even rats love a good laugh. People, meanwhile, have been laughing since before they could talk. • Is laughter really the best medicine? • http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_release... • Laughter may not be the best medicine after all and can even be harmful to some patients, suggests the authors of a paper published in the Christmas edition of The BMJ. Researchers from Birmingham and Oxford, in the UK, reviewed the reported benefits and harms of laughter. They used data published between 1946 and 2013. They concluded that laughter is a serious matter. • • Is laughter really the best medicine? • http://www.bmj.com/press-releases/201... • Laughter may not be the best medicine after all and can even be harmful to some patients, suggests the authors of a paper published in the Christmas edition of The BMJ. • Laughter and MIRTH (Methodical Investigation of Risibility, Therapeutic and Harmful): narrative synthesis • http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f7... • 10 Reasons Why Laughing Is Good for You • http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/cur... • Have you ever had that exhausted feeling after a good laugh? You know, the one where your side hurts, your eyes water, you can't catch your breath and your body's totally spent. It feels like you've just finished a two-hour session at the gym. • Watch More: • Why Are We Ticklish? • • Why Are We Ticklish? • TestTube Wild Card • http://testtube.com/dnews/dnews-467-t... • Why We Can't Tickle Ourselves • • Why We Can't Tickle Ourselves • ____________________ • DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. • Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews • Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... • DNews on Twitter / dnews • Anthony Carboni on Twitter / acarboni • Laci Green on Twitter / gogreen18 • Trace Dominguez on Twitter / trace501 • DNews on Facebook / dnews • DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews • Discovery News http://discoverynews.com

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