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A little bit of laughter is good for you

What is Laughter?

  • What it is?
  • What happens in our brains when we laugh?
  • What makes us laugh?
  • How it can make us healthier and happier.

Let's see if this joke will make you laugh...

Bill Gates and the president of General Motors have met for lunch, and Bill is going on and on about computer technology.

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"If automotive technology had kept pace with computer technology over the past few decades, you would now be driving a V-32 instead of a V-8, and it would have a top speed of 10,000 miles per hour," says Gates.

"Or, you could have an economy car that weighs 30 pounds and gets a thousand miles to a gallon of gas. In either case, the sticker price of a new car would be less than $50. Why haven't you guys kept up?"

The president of GM smiles and says,

"Because the federal government won't let us build cars that crash four times a day."

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Why is that funny?

Have you ever wondered about that?

Human beings love to laugh, and the average adult laughs 17 times a day.

Humans love to laugh so much that there are actually industries built around laughter.

Jokes, sitcoms and comedians are all designed to get us laughing, because laughing feels good.

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For us it seems so natural, but the funny thing is that humans are one of the only species that laughs.

Laughter is actually a complex response that involves many of the same skills used in solving problems.

Laughter is a great thing ## that's why we've all heard the saying, "Laughter is the best medicine."

There is strong evidence that laughter can actually improve health and help fight disease.

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What is laughter?

First of all, laughter is not the same as humor. Laughter is the physiological response to humor. Laughter consists of two parts ## a set of gestures and the production of a sound.

When we laugh, the brain pressures us to conduct both those activities simultaneously. When we laugh heartily, changes occur in many parts of the body, even the arm, leg and trunk muscles.

This article is an except form a long article available at howstuffworks.com

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