Laughing Studied

[judifilksign]

My bestest bud sent me a link about laughter I thought was really, really interesting.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090708/sc_livescience/laughternotjustforfu
nnystuff

The cliff notes version is that people laugh in two ways:  when they are truly joyful, and when they are being deliberatly social (created, rather than spontaneous laughter.)  Austistic kids don't do the deliberately created kind.  This causes social problems for them.

Well, I've always delighted in Sparkle's laughter, because it sounded so happy and joyful.  And so it does, because so it is.

Comments

[maedbh7.livejournal.com]

I work with a kid who has mastered the art of the social laugh....except it is so obviously fake. But he knows -when- it should happen, and that's a start. There is hope; learning never ends. -H...

[raishaan.livejournal.com]

Would that more of the world could be as genuine :) Enjoy the joy all the more knowing that it's real...:D