While your poker face may be good at fooling others, your poker laugh probably doesn't hold up under scrutiny, according to two recent studies. "Quite a few fake laughs sound pretty good, but ...

Photo by y i v a via Flickr/CC. Admit it: you’ve done it. You’re on a bad date, or maybe in an awkward job interview, and you HAVE to fake-laugh at a dumb joke someone told. Luckily it’s hard to tell ...

In my previous post, I had the pleasure of introducing you to Dr. Jennalee Donian, the co-author, with me, of the book Understanding Laughter and Humor: Why We Laugh, Why We Don’t, and Why It Matters.

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 ...