Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-galaxy!malik From: malik@galaxy.DEC (Karl Malik ZK01-1/F22 1-1440) Newsgroups: net.jokes.d Subject: why do we laugh? Message-ID: <1561@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 15-Jun-84 14:35:02 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.1561 Posted: Fri Jun 15 14:35:02 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jun-84 03:14:26 EDT Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 14 Subj; the physiological basis of laughter Any med students out there? Does anyone know what happens when we laugh? Which is another way of asking WHY do we laugh when we find something funny? What kind of bio-chemical changes (if any) do we go through? Does it relieve stress? It's a strange response when you think about it. Could it be variation of a more basic emotional/physical state? Anger? Kuriously, Karl