While animals might not understand a human joke, researchers have identified at least 65 species that make distinct sounds ...

Studies in animals and epilepsy patients suggest that spontaneous laughter is regulated by different brain networks than ...

This post is in response to The Seven Things That Only Human Beings Can Do By Neel Burton M.A., M.D. This weekend I received a few emails about a recent essay written for Psychology Today titled "The ...

For many years, psychologists and behavioral biologists agreed that laughter was a unique emotional expression found only in humans. However, as the study of animal emotions expanded this idea was ...

Laughter is a universal social signal that connects us with others, but the brain regions underlying laughter are not well ...

If you thought laughter was just a human trait, you couldn't be more wrong. Many animals have their own unique ways of expressing joy. If you've ever watched a dog with its tongue flopping out or seen ...

If you've ever had the absolute pleasure of owning a pet, you might have often found yourself highly amused by their silly and hilarious antics. Whether it's a dog chasing its tail as if there's a ...