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Effect of Laughter on the Body Is Similar to That of Exercise

They often say that laughter is the best and definitely the most fun form of exercise, and a recent study comes to show just how this happens. According to research cited by LiveScience, laughing is the best way to keep you toned and healthy, as it has the same effects on the body as regular exercise, while also impr...

27 April 2010
13:31 GMT

Humans Laugh

In bursts, with the mouth wide open, like a fool, like a hunchback, like a whale. In puffs, in explosions, stifling, snorting, rattling, with tears... It is like a tide, laugh is irresistible. The human laugh is executed by muscle designed for it. We may burst with all our bodies, but the face has 12 specialized musc...

3 April 2008
11:07 GMT

Do Animals Laugh?

It seems so human, still laugh is not specific to humans. Monkeys, rats and dogs have already been found to enjoy a good "laugh". But it is hard to penetrate into their mind to see what a rat or dog could think when "laughing". Perhaps they think we, humans, are ugly... Anyway, laughing seems to be connected to a hi...

17 March 2008
09:34 GMT

Human Laughter, at Least 16 Million Years Old!

Monkeys, rats and dogs were found to have already enjoyed a good "laugh". What a rat or dog could think when "laughing", it's hard to say. But it seems that we, humans, have been able to laugh for many millions of years, and not since we turned into humans. A new research published in the Biology Letters shows t...

3 January 2008
04:28 GMT

Laughing Moms Produce Better Milk

There is no doubt that breastfeeding is the best food for babies (except in some cases, like infections in moms, especially with HIV, which can increase the risk of virus transmission from mother to offspring). Despite the fact that in many countries artificial feeding is linked with a greater mortality rate caused b...

20 June 2007
06:11 GMT

Rats Can Laugh!

What could rats think when they laugh at us? That we, as humans, are ugly? Various researches revealed that monkeys and dogs enjoy a good laugh. Now, it seems that rats do that too, pointing to the fact that people have been laughing for many millions of years, not ever since we turned into humans. "Indeed, neural ci...

12 June 2007
05:46 GMT


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