What is laughter?
Laughter is the physiological response to humor. Laughter is made up of two parts, a set of movements and sound. Laughter occurs when 15 of your facial muscles contract which causes the zygomatic muscle (The muscle attached to your upper lip) to lift. This is what causes smiling. Meanwhile the respiratory is agitated by the epiglottis (a valve that opens and closes when you swallow or talk) half-closing the larynx (often called the “voice box” is an organ that projects sound and noises) which causes air absorption to occur infrequently. When you’re laughing too hard your tear ducts are triggered so when your mouth is opening and closing and the attempt for oxygen intake continues, your face moist and sometimes red.
Why do we laugh?
Researchers believe that the ambition of laughter is related to creating and enhancing human relationships. Laughter occurs when people start to feel more comfortable with one another. And the more laughter there is the more bonding occurs. Sometimes we laugh when we perceive something humorous but that is not always why we laugh. Laughing at something doesn’t always mean it’s about something funny. Most people laugh at all sorts of things like a simple “I’ll see you guys later” or “How’s it going?” So why do we laugh at things that are not always considered funny? Researchers say it’s because of the evolutionary development of laughter. Laughter predates conversations by an estimated millions of years. Before our ancestors could talk with each other, laughter was a straightforward way of communication.
Laughter is the physiological response to humor. Laughter is made up of two parts, a set of movements and sound. Laughter occurs when 15 of your facial muscles contract which causes the zygomatic muscle (The muscle attached to your upper lip) to lift. This is what causes smiling. Meanwhile the respiratory is agitated by the epiglottis (a valve that opens and closes when you swallow or talk) half-closing the larynx (often called the “voice box” is an organ that projects sound and noises) which causes air absorption to occur infrequently. When you’re laughing too hard your tear ducts are triggered so when your mouth is opening and closing and the attempt for oxygen intake continues, your face moist and sometimes red.
Why do we laugh?
Researchers believe that the ambition of laughter is related to creating and enhancing human relationships. Laughter occurs when people start to feel more comfortable with one another. And the more laughter there is the more bonding occurs. Sometimes we laugh when we perceive something humorous but that is not always why we laugh. Laughing at something doesn’t always mean it’s about something funny. Most people laugh at all sorts of things like a simple “I’ll see you guys later” or “How’s it going?” So why do we laugh at things that are not always considered funny? Researchers say it’s because of the evolutionary development of laughter. Laughter predates conversations by an estimated millions of years. Before our ancestors could talk with each other, laughter was a straightforward way of communication.