Sentence examples for study laughter from inspiring English sources

In Robert Provine's authoritative Laughter: A Scientific Investigation, he does point out that "pre-school babies provide an opportunity to study laughter independent of speech, the criteria of most adult laughter", but for some reason he didn't seize that opportunity.

In one study, Laughter et al. (2004) used macroarrays containing approximately 1,200 genes and reported altered expression of 43 genes in the TCE-treated wild-type mice and 67 genes in PPARα knockout mice after 3 days of exposure to up to 1,500 mg/kg/day TCE.

So studying laughter – particularly "natural" laughter – starts to suffer from the same problems as those encountered by comedians.

Generally, in psychology, we aren't too worried whether our participants feel odd, exposed and uncomfortable, but studying laughter may force us to try and use more natural laughing situations.

According to several studies, laughter relaxes your muscles, releases feel good chemicals and may even help to protect your heart.

For such an integral facet of humanity, the academic study of laughter and humour is still a relatively new field.

(A law professor's 2005 study of "laughter episodes instigated," she notes, suggested that Antonin Scalia was the funniest justice, with Stephen Breyer coming in a faraway second).

I've already mentioned Provine's study of laughter in its natural context.

The recent study by Laughter et al. (2004), discussed above, illustrates the potential difficulties in interpreting studies using knockout mice.

"For some reason, studies on laughter or humor prompt readers to expect authors to adopt a humorous tone or style," he wrote.

But Dr Addyman thinks that studying babies' laughter can be just as effective at helping us pinpoint developments in the way their minds are expanding.