Science says LOLs matter more than you think.

Everyone likes a good belly laugh from time to time, and science supports that feeling. Studies have shown that laughing is linked to our physical, emotional and mental well-being — even our ...

They say laughter is the best medicine — and modern science is proving them right. As women in midlife face shifting hormones, changing careers, and increasing caregiving roles, finding balance can ...

Intuitively, we know that laughter is one of the best tools we have for dealing with stress, and science backs that up. In fact, research into laughter goes even further, revealing that it's a potent ...

The common expression “He who laughs last, laughs best” is far more ambiguous than, at first blush, it might seem. Strangely, something quite profound—and frankly, rather suspect—about human nature ...

The symptoms: The woman visited a clinic because she had long experienced bursts of uncontrollable laughter, which doctors described as "mirthless" in a report of her case. According to the patient, ...

Professor Francis Arthur Powell Aveling, Reader in Psychology at the University of London, last week offered corrections to the popular notion about laughter, its causes and significance. “The really ...

"The idea was that laughter was an external signal that can tell the group everything is OK, we can relax. (There is) no need to be anxious or threatened by what's happening around us. And so this ...