Blog Post#4: Brainy Facts

"The ancient roots of laughter predate the idea of funny" Whenever someone laughs, we always ask, "Is there something funny?" We always have the 1st impression which is "funny", and it's the only thing that comes to mind when we say, "Laughter" The time when I first laugh is when I was a baby, I know it, right . Each one of us knows it's right. In this case, laughter shows that it's a universal symbol or sign, it has nothing to do with the language we speak, laughter is always in the mind.

Based on my research, psychology had something to do with science. An example of it is "the best medicine" most people do believe in it and some people do not and this certain idea is only in their mind because it's cultural based, see? It's also had something to do with culture. But how it is related to science? One thing only is that it has a scientific explanation and scientific reasons to discuss and you can see it on my 2nd post for this blog.

I have observed that most people laugh really because something is funny, but sometimes you just don't laugh alone and it's a fact, you often laugh with others and the environment, you laugh when you interact with other people regardless of the topic. This week, I have spoken in front of the class for my midterm exam, and it's an informative speech, and the class had a good time laughing because my topic is hysterically funny and I proved one thing, and that is laughter becomes louder and louder if your laughing with others and with your friends. 

Now, I have read articles about the psychology of laughter, one article that caught my mind is the article by Lea Winerman entitled, "A laughing matter" It is stated there some psychological facts and secrets of our mind in terms of laughing here are some:

Laughter was 30 times more frequent in social situations than solitary ones. When alone, people were much more likely to talk to themselves or smile than to laugh.

  

We often think of laughter as a response to someone else speaking. But in conversation, the speakers are 46 percent more likely to laugh than their audiences are, punctuating their own talk with laughter.

Only 10 to 15 percent of prelaugh comments are even remotely funny. Often, they're as dull as "I've got to go now."

People use laughter as punctuation, inserting it into specific places in the vocal stream. You might say "I'm going now, hahaha," but not "I'm going, hahaha, now." In fact, in a recent, not-yet-published study, Provine found that congenitally deaf people laughed at the same points in signing conversations that hearing people do in speaking conversations.

Laughter is, as folk wisdom says, contagious. Just listening to someone else laugh can be enough to start a person laughing.

There are a lot of facts according to the psychology of laughter and these reasons are efficient and essential. Why? Because this is a proof of something unique and it's one of the best discoveries in the field of psychology. I mean, it's good to have explanations regarding an interesting topic and it's also good that we people acquire knowledge about it.

In conclusion, the psychology of laughter is a great field to study not because it has a lot perspective connected to it, but because it's fun and interesting. It also shows us that the mind is very powerful and it always gives us the right reasons behind every mystery that boggles our mind, and laughter is an example of it.