Few things are as heartwarming as hearing a baby's first laugh. I’ve experienced that moment with four children of my own, ...

This post is part two of a series. In the first post of this blog series, I made the case that the best way of understanding laughter was as a form of nonverbal communication, one that affirms a sense ...

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As we enter the new year, I have found that it's a good time to stop and take stock of who we are and how we act. In my case, at 78 and in the “winter” of my life, I find more things to laugh about, ...

When I was little, I tended to fall into bouts of uncontrollable laughter. Basically, once I started laughing, I found it very difficult to stop. The problem was particularly acute in contexts where I ...

"When considering lifestyle changes to improve health, people often overlook the benefits of laughter," Michael Richardson, M.D., a family physician with Carbon Health in Boston, told Fox News Digital ...

Laughing and crying seem to have a special, if slightly confusing, affinity for one another. Most of us have had the experience of laughing and crying simultaneously. Sometimes the expression of both ...

Melanin Bee curves her spine like a stretching cat as she lets out a maniacal, forced laugh. The quick-fire pattern of manufactured giggles —“oh, hoo hoo hoo, eeh, ha ha ha”— soon ripples into genuine ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marc Berman is a New York-based reporter who covers media. This article is more than 2 years old. George Schlatter, the legendary ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. Perhaps there’s never been a greater need in our country’s ...

The Crying Laughing emoji (😂) is there for those moments when you're laughing hard. If you feel the tears prickling the corner of your eyes, this is the way to express it. It's one of the original ...