Ever intrigued by the concept of laughter as alliance and power, I was interested to read this recent study that showed babies can detect...

As part of an ongoing series of blog articles, the role of laughter appears once again in an interesting article in the Conversation. It...

Few things can delight an adult more easily than the uninhibited, effervescent laughter of a baby. Yet baby laughter, a new study shows,...

Yesterday I was discussing laughter and alliances with substance misuse teams in Dorset. when this research came through on laughter and...

Perhaps nothing illustrates my general thesis that laughter is not about happiness but power more than the Dad Joke. The cheesy often...

Smiling does not necessarily indicate that we are happy, according to new research at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS). It is...

For those who have attended lectures or training with me will know, I am very interested in laughter as an emotion. Particularly how...

More intriguing research on laughter. As I have written in previous posts, people are often struck by descriptions of laughter as a form...

In lectures regarding the functions of different human emotions, the topic that interests most participants is when I discuss the role of...