You're listening to BrainsOn, where we're serious about beingcurious.
Brains On is supported on part by a grant from the National ScienceFoundation.
These are excellentseats.
Iknow. I've been so curious about thisshow.
Glad you could come withme.
Oh, it'sstarting.Hello, fellow chortlers andchucklers.
Gafars andgigglers. He horrors andha-hars.
Welcome to she who laughslast.
Look, it'sRosie. We knowher.
Iknow. I'm so proud of her for putting together this one womanshow.
As youknow, doubt red in the many reviews from finepublications, such as stuff happening on stagemagazine.
And that oneflyer,someone, definitely notme, put up on every telephone pole in a four mileradius.
This is a show aboutlaughter.
Specifically, my recreation of some of the most profound and moving lafters I have come across in my years ofresearch.
Let usbegin. Laughing at the perfect knock-knockjoke.
Laughing at a bad knock-knockjoke.
Laughing at a dog who got his head stuck in a cerealbox.
Laughing because you got your head stuck in a cerealbox.
Laughing at a dog who got his head stuck in a cerealbox.
Laughing because you got your head stuck in a cerealbox.
Laughing because you're 13 year old nephew sent you a meme and you definitely getit.
Oh,yeah.Yeah. Laughing because you're 13 year old nephew said the meme you sent wascringe.
And you're pretty sure that means he lovesit.
Laughing because you farted and you don't want people to think it'syou.
Andfinally, laughing because you farted and you do want everyone to know it wasyou.
Laughing because you farted and you do want everyone to know it wasyou.
Laughing because you farted and you do want everyone to know it wasyou.
Laughing because you farted and you do want everyone to know it wasyou.
That wasamazing. I feel like we really went on an emotional journeythere.
Rosie saidgenius. I hope this gets adapted into a feature-lengthfilm, The WorldMeets, youknow.
You're listening to Brains on from 8p.m.
studios. I'm Molly Bloom and my co-host today is Mila fromMinneapolis.
Hi,Mila.Hi,Molly. And today we're answering a question you sent in tous.
Yeah, I wanted to know why peoplelaugh.
This question is no laughingmatter.
So I'mwondering, do you feel like you're easy to makelaugh?
I don't thinkso, but I don'tknow.
Like, you're notsure.Well, we'll see today how easy you are to makelaugh.
So you told me that you want to be a comic actor when you growup.
So if someone who's interested in making peoplelaugh, what do you think is the easiest way to get someone tolaugh?
Well, most of my friends laugh when I make like a driedjoke, Iguess, like arandom.
It's like random dryfarmer.
Who in your life has your favoritelaugh?
Myuncle.Yeah.Yeah, he has a funnylaugh.
Can you do an imitation ofit?
I loveit. So who makes you laugh thehardest?
Probably my cousinsgroup.
Okay. How many cousins are in thegroup?
I think like13.What? You have 13cousins?
They're not like bloodcousins, they'relike,family.
I love thatterm,family.
That's sonice.So, you have you guys known each other for a longtime?
Yeah, we've known each other since we wereborn.
Can you remember a thing that made you laughrecently?
Iremember. We were playing Flora'sLaw, I think it was atCarbonis, andlike, they're parkinglot.
It was like a rainyday, and we werelike, there was like thispuddle, and then in the middle of thepuddle, there was like this little islandthingy.
I don't really remember what it was or why it wasthere, but therewas.
And my cousin already tried to go on it to like get toit, and he waslike, oh mygod, that's sodeep.
And I didn't hearhim, so I start running from behindhim.
And I was running so fast that I was like in the middle ofit, and I realized that it was like up to myknees.
Oh mygosh.Yeah, and then I finally gotthere, and then all of them were laughing atme, but Iwon.
Youwon. Butyeah.So, it was worthit.
Yes.Okay,so,Mila, let's dive in to yourquestion.
We laugh for lots ofreasons.
We laugh when we gettickled.
We laugh when we hear ajoke.
We sometimes laugh when we'renervous.
Or because we see other peoplelaughing.
Each of these laughs sound a littledifferent, and they mean differentthings.
Yeah. Laughter is like alanguage.
And humans are really good at using and understanding thatlanguage.
When we'relittle, the first type of laugh we usually experience is a kind where you just can'tstop.
Youknow, when your stomach muscles start to hurt and tears start to roll down yourface, when you try tostop, butcan't, you might see a baby laugh like this when it's having a really goodtime.
So,Mila, have youexperiences?
Have you laughed thishard?
Yeah, I think it was like last weekend or like this weekend orsomething.
I can'tremember. Butme, myfriend, we're hangingout.
Andshe, we were doing like the spritechallenge.
Have you guys sawthat? Tell me what thatis.
So, it's where you have asprite, and then you try to drink it all withoutburping.
Oh,okay. It soundshard.
Andmy, myfriend, she was about toburp, and she had the sprite in hermouth, because she couldn't swallowit.
She was about toburp. And then she spitted out all over mydesk, and I just startedlaughing, and I fell on thefloor.
That sounds like a really fun and grosstime.
I loveit.Yeah.Yeah.So, forme, I think my most recent time was when I was with myfamily, and we were watching some very silly videos of mydaughter, when she waslittle, and my mom and I were losingit.
And the harder shelaughed, the harder Ilaughed, and then the harder Ilaughed, the harder shelaughed.
I would love to hearthat.
Yes, I wish I recordedit, but I do have a surefire way to get meGiggleene.
I press thisbutton. What's thatbutton?
It's mymark, make me laughbutton.
Mark always makes melaugh, so I told him to program it with sillysayings.
Thatway, anytime I need alaugh, I can just dothis.
Oh,hello,Molly. I didn't see youthere.
Well, it's the perfect time for me to read to you the ingredients of one of your favoritefoods, cottagecheese.
As a fancyman.Oh,okay, Mark's fancyman, like gets metruly.
Okay,okay, sometimes when we're really cracking each otherup, we have that super hard laughing that we just talkedabout.
I call those kinds of laughs thegoofies.
Yeah, it feels so awesome to laugh like that with a goodfriend.
That shared laughter is the really magicstuff, the closer your relationship and the warmer yourrelationship, the more likely you are to sort of be able to use laughtertogether.
That's SophieScott. She's a professor of cognitive neuroscience at University CollegeLondon.
And what that means is I study the human brain and I study it at a level where we're trying to sort of explain human behavior and humanexperience.
Laughter is a really interesting behavior as an emotional expression to study because it's absolutelyeverywhere.
And when you have one of thegoofies, youknow, an uncontrollable laughingfit, there's a lot happening in yourbody.
The muscles between your ribs move in and out veryfast, creatingthat,ha,ha,ha,sound.
As the muscles in your core get aworkout, the rest of your musclesrelax, which might make it hard to hold a pencil while you'relaughing.
Floppy fingers forreal.
Like, I'm laughing so hard that I can't sit myjacket.
Yeah, that's thegoofies.
You also might feel like it's a little bit harder tobreathe.
And Sophie says there are invisible changes happening inside our bodiestoo.
When youlaugh, your brain chemistry startschanging.
Our bodies release chemicals that tell us when to feel happy orsad, tired orenergetic.
There's a lot of these kinds of chemicals in ourbrains.
When youlaugh, your body releases less of the brain chemicals that make you feel stressed andanxious.
And more of the chemicals that make you feelgood.
That's why a good laughing spell can leave you feeling relaxed andhappy.
It is important to laugh every now andthen, youknow?
Totally. Infact, one of the reasons we know laughter is important is because it'sso, so common in the animalworld.
What I really like studying about laughter is that it's an ancient mammalbehavior.
We aren't the only animals thatlaugh.
Infact, scientists have recorded laughter from dozens ofspecies.
We find laughter in otherapes, like chimpanzees andgorillas, but you even find quite complex laughter like behavior in animals likerats.
Some animals laugh when they'replaying, like parrots anddolphins.
But most animal laughs don't sound at all like what we think of aslaughing.
Infact, most of it sounds like panting orhissing.
Okay, so you just heard three different apeslaughing, specifically anorangutan, agorilla, and abonobo.
Still, us humans have all kinds of laughs and some sound prettywild.
So,Mila, today we're going to play a game showcalled...
LaughAttack, roundone.
For the laughattack, roundone, I'm going to play you some audio and I want you to tell me if it's an animal sound or a humanlaugh.
Soundgood?Yeah. Allright, here wego.
Here is sound numberone.
I think that was ananimal.
You think it was ananimal?
Or ababy? I think it was ananimal.
Which one are you going to gowith?
Animal orbaby?Animal.
You were almost right because it was ababy.
Oh, soclose. Soclose.Yeah, that's a babylaugh.
Adorable. Allright, here is sound numbertwo.
That was definitely ananimal.
You arecorrect. Itwas.
Do you know what animal itwas?
Apelican. It was adonkey.
I have no clue what a donkey soundslike.
Well, now weknow. That's what adonkey.
That's prettyfunny. Allright, here is sound numberthree.
What do youthink? That was ananimal.
You arecorrect. Got an idea whatanimal?
Elephant. It was acrow.
Iknow, they sound very similar to eachother.
I totallyagree. Allright, here is the last one of this round of laughattack.
Sound numberfour. I think that was ahuman.
You arecorrect. I love the sounds we make when welaugh.
Excellentguessing. We'll be back with two more rounds of laugh attack later in theshow.
Butfirst, we have another little game foryou.
It'sthe. Here itis. What do youthink?
Okay. It's like sandpapermaybe.
Very goodguess. What makes you thinkthat?
I hear like a scraping noise kindof.
Good. Allright, we're going to hear itagain.
Get another chance to guess and hear the answer after thecredits.
So keeplistening. We're working on an episode all about UFOs unidentified flyingobjects.
They'remysterious. They'recurious, but are theyreal?
Imagine some aliens showed up at your front door interested in learning more about planetEarth.
Where would you take them to your favoriteplayground?
The sciencemuseum?Milla, where would you take a bunch ofaliens?
I would take them to like a comedic show just to see how theylaugh.
Oh, I love thatanswer. Verygood.
How do you think an alien would laugh when it sound likeus?
I think it might sound like kind ofclose.
I feel like it might be a little squeaky orsomething.
I think if an alienlaughed, what if they just like emitted a smell instead of asound?
Like what theylaughed?
Maybe it smelledgood. Maybe it was like when theylaugh, it smells like strawberries orsomething.
Yeah, that'sinteresting.
I don'tknow. I guess we'll find out when you take them to the comedyshow.
Yes.Okay, can you do an impression of what you think an alien laughed my townlike?
It'd be like a hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe Please give it atry!
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Other times we do it to show our friends that we likethem.
Sometimes it might happen when you're teasing yoursibling.
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This laughter is different from the goofy's because it's easier to control and you can stop whenever youwant.
But it still doesn't mean you're making a conscious choice to laugh in these otherways.
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Let's give it a try and see how you alldo.
In thisround, I'm going to play you alaugh.
And I want you to tell me if the person laughing has got the goofies or if it's posedlaughter.
Like something someone is doing as part of a conversation that they could stop if they neededto.
Makesense?Yeah. Allright.
Here wego. Here's laugh numberone.
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Again, excellentwork.
Alright, laugh numberthree.
What do youthink? What do youthink?
What do youthink? What do youthink?
What do youthink? What do youthink?
What do youthink? That's thegoofies.
You are correctagain.Very, verygood.
Alright, here's laugh numberfour.
What do youthink? That'sposed.
Correctagain. Excellentwork,Mila.
Alright, laugh numberfive.
That's posedagain. Oh mygosh, she's anexpert, ladies andgentlemen.
Alright, here's laugh numbersix.
What do youthink? That's thegoofies.
Oh mygosh.Mila,100%correct.
That wastricky. You didamazing.
Better than some of the adults on the brainzontine.
I have tosay, excellentwork.
Alright, so now that you've heard a bunch of thesealafs, did you notice any similarities between the posed laughs and the set of thegoofies?
Let's hear them groupedtogether.
And we can see what similarities wehear.
So here are the posedlaughs.
Okay, and here are thegoofies.
Okay, and here are thegoofies.
Okay, so what are thedifferences?
Do you think between the posed and the goofies when you're listening tothem?
So the posed sounds like more you're trying to push out air in yourmouth, but then with thegoofies, it's more like you're trying tobreathe.
Yeah, that is exactly what it soundslike.
Yeah, it's almost like there's like more breathyalmost.
It's like lesssound.Totally.
Any other similarities or differences youheard?
I feel like similarities is that there's both like a normal laughing sound init.
But then another difference is like the goofies orwhatever.
You can hear like squeaky's in the background when youlaugh.
Yeah, they're not aspretty.
Yeah. They're a littleweirder.
Yes. Very goodobservations.
So some people might call the laughing where we have the goofies more real than the posedlaughs.
But just because laughter is posed doesn't mean it'sfake.
No laughter isfake. It's all serving a realpurpose.
That's AdrianWood. She's another scientist who studieslaughing.
She's a psychologist at the University of Virginia and she says posed laughing is more than just someonepretending.
It's all doing something real and important in ourinteractions.
So even if a person's laughter doesn't sound like they're having a really goodtime, it doesn't mean that they are being fake or lying toyou.
They are trying to send some othermessage.
They're trying to communicate their friendliness or maybe they're trying to communicate that they think they're better thanyou.
But whatever itis, they are sending a realmessage.
Like we saidbefore, all laughter is alanguage.
And these laughs say differentthings.
Right. So just like you made observations about how posed laughs sound different than thegoofies, Adrian studies the laughing sounds that peoplemake.
And here's how she breaks itdown.
I've done a little bit of work looking at the different sounds laughter cancontain.
And so the laughter that's just purejoy, that laughter is what we think of when we say someone has a really genuinelaugh.
If your friend is laughing thisway, you're probably going to start laughing even if you don't know what they're laughingabout.
That's thegoofies. Then the laughter that's used to undo the stress fullness or the tension of aninteraction.
Like if you're feeling a little awkward when you're interacting with someone and you give a littlegiggle, that laughter is much moresubdued.
It doesn't sound to anyone like you're having a goodtime.
It's kind of more just releasing a little bit oftension.
So it's going to be shorter andquieter.
And maybe your mouth won't be open asmuch.
This is a soothinglaugh.
It kind of helps people relax and awkward or tensesituations.
So the translation of this laugh couldbe, it'sokay, I still likeyou.
Here's what it might soundlike.
That one is reallyshort.
So let's hear itagain. And then there's a kind of laughter that doesn't feel sogood.
When we're teasing or using our laughter to put other peopledown, the laughter can sound a little bitharsher.
So it'll have the same vocal properties of a dog growling or something likethat.
So it'll belower, it'll be a little bitnoisier.
It won't be this like really prettysound.
This really pretty chuckle would be maybe a little bitgruffer.
The translation of this laugh couldbe, I don't like what you're doing and I want you to feel embarrassed aboutit.
Here's anexample. And then there's a laugh that feels really good tohear.
We make this to reward ourfriends.
The translation of this laugh couldbe, what you just did made me feel good and I hope this laugh makes you feel goodtoo.
It can sound likethis.So...
So...So...So...So...
So... Do you hear thedifference?
The reward laugh islonger,higher, and moreopen.
Here's anotherexample.
Right,yeah. And the teasing laugh is lower and a little moregrowly.
Oh. The soothing laugh is quiet andshort.
Now of these three kinds oflaughs, the soothing one is used the most when people aretalking.
We often use it at the end of the sentence to make sure people get what we're saying isn't meant in a negativeway.
Kind of like using a smiley emoji at the end of a textmessage.
Oh, all this laughing leaves me craving areward.
Time for another random markmessage.
Can I push it thistime? I'll go forit.
Youknow, there's one thing that always makes Molly Bloomlaugh.
And that's when I call myself CramManches.
Yousee, my name is MarkSanchez, but when I switched the first letter of my first name with the first letter of my lastname, it becomes CramManches.
Andtoday, Cram Manches is fightingcrime.
And Cram Manches needs asidekick.
MollyBloom, would you be the Bolly Bloom to myname?
CramManches.Oh,man. That wasgood.
Cram Manches is funny tome.
It'sjust, it's justas, is it funny to you or is it really justme?
I think it's justme. It's justme.
I loveit.Okay,Mila, now it's timefor.
LaughAttack. Roundthree.
And thisround, I'm going to play you one of these three kinds of laughs recorded by our LaughScientist,Adrian.
And I want you to tell me if you think the laugh is forSu-Zeen,Teasing, orRewarding.
This ischallenging.Yes.
Are youready?Yeah.Okay, here is laugh numberone.
What do youthink?Su-Zeen,Teasing, orRewarding?
Su-Zeen.Correct.Very, verygood.
Here is laugh numbertwo.
Su-Zeen,Teasing, orRewarding?
Teasing.Correct.Again.
LaughExpert,Mila. Allright.
Laugh numberthree.Su-Zeen,Teasing, orRewarding.
Teasing. This one was aRewarding.
They're verysimilar. Imean, one thing Adrian wanted to point out is that a lot of these laughs are kind of hard tocategorize.
Yeah.So, it's a trickyone.
Allright. Here is the finalone.
Laugh numberfour.Teasing.
Correct. Excellentwork.
You are a trained laugh translatornow.
You didn't even need muchtraining.
You're anatural. Excellentwork.
So, no matter what kind of laughter ishappening, thegoofies, or moreposed,rewarding, orTeasing, orSu-Zeen, it's all about relationships with otherpeople.
Infact, you're 30 times more likely to laugh with other people than byyourself.
Molly, when's the last time you had the goofies when you werealone?
Um, maybenever. I can't think of atime.
How aboutyou? I don't think I ever haveto.
Yeah. That's because laughing is a social tool and one that can make us feel really goodtoo.
So, laughter is actually a very good sign of how you're reallyfeeling.
That's research or a Sophie Scottagain.
Youknow, the people that you laugh with are often the people that you're happiestwith, and the people you're enjoying spending timewith, whether you're a child or whether you're anadult.
And it's really important to make time for those moments in yourday.
We laugh for all different kinds ofreasons, and these laughs are not thesame.
Sometimes we get thegoofies.
When we laugh sohard, we can'tstop.
And othertimes, our laughs are moreposed.
These laughs are more like talking because they communicate things to otherpeople.
Posed laughs can besoothing,teasing, orrewarding.
But no matter what kind ofis, laughter helps us connect with eachother.
That's it for this episode of Brainson.
This episode was produced by MollyBloom, RosieDuPont, AnnaGoldfield,Adirone,Wolduselassi, AnnaWeggel, Nico GonzalezWhistler, RubyGuthrie, and MarkSanchez.
Our editors are Sandin Todd and JailaFarzon.
This episode was designed by RachelBreeze, and we had engineering help from Cameron Wiley and AlexSimpson.
Beth Perlman is our executiveproducer.
The executives in charge of APM studios are Chandrakavati and JoanneGriffith, special thanks to EileenKerr, MarinaW.
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Okay,Milla, are you ready to listen to that mystery soundagain?
Yes, I'm soready.Wonderful.
Okay, so last time you thoughtSandpaper, do you have newthoughts?
It kind of sounds like wrapping a gift or like a presentnow.
It's a really goodguess.
Do I hear it one moretime?
Sure. I think that's coloring like apage.
Okay,okay, I love all theguesses.
The all-envolved paper I've noticed in some way to want theanswer.
Yes.Okay, here is theanswer.
My name is Arthur and I come from England and that was the sound of me taking tissues out of the tissuebox.
Oh, I literally paid attention to that sound when I take itout.
It does make a loud soundthough, and you payattention.
I loveit.Yeah, you were reallyclose.
Imean, thepaper, the wrappingpaper, I think you got closestthere.
Yeah. The paper beingmanipulated.
Excellentwork. Now it's time for the brains honorroll.
These are the incredible kids who keep the show going with their questionsideas, mysterysounds, drawings and highfives.
Alaina fromLondon, Isaac fromPortland,Oregon, Nora and Corinne fromDecatur,Georgia, Allegra and Fernando fromMiami.
Vincent fromGreenwood,Indiana, Dyson fromBethany,Ontario.
Miles fromMelvin,Pennsylvania, Dylan fromDriftwood,Texas, Benjamin fromMilwaukee.
Leo fromCleveland, Si fromEngland, Emory fromSacramento, Dylan from NorthPotomac,Maryland.
Kai from KingCardin,Ontario, Phoenix fromLondon, Sam fromPhiladelphia, Alfie fromMidland,Michigan.
Peter fromWoodside, NewYork, Nico fromPortland,Oregon.
Joy fromSeoul, SouthKorea, Noah from ChinoHills,California.
Isabelle fromAndover,Massachusetts.
Ina fromBrooklyn, NewYork, Max and Meala fromMilwaukee, Nadia fromMacongi,Pennsylvania,S.G.
fromCo.Quitland, BritishColumbia.
Marigold fromNashville, Nari from GrandRapids,Michigan, Alley from PaloAlto,California.
Addy fromRosemont,Minnesota.
Ellen fromDublin,Ireland.
Owen fromOverland, ParkKansas, Taden fromOatana,Minnesota.
Devon, Anika and Dylan fromAtlanta.
Yuma from ElPaso,Texas.
Loey fromPalo,Suredice,California.
Julia fromMercer,Ireland,Washington.
Yelena fromWashington, Maple and Lyle fromPortland,Maine.
Luka fromHome,St.Wisconsin.
Owen fromAnchorage,Alaska.
Desmond fromChicago, Auggie and Nova fromLancaster,Pennsylvania.
Calvin fromNormal,Illinois.
Mina from SanDiego, Robin and Vera fromCarmel,Indiana.
Leve fromArlington,Massachusetts.
Shroudi fromBangalore,India.
Noella from JoshuaTree,California.
Lea fromArlington,Massachusetts.
Maze fromVernon, BritishColumbia.
Chip fromSarasota,Florida.
Aria fromManson, NorthCarolina.
Kainwin and CL fromMeridian,Idaho.
Benjamin fromColumbus,Ohio.
Fia fromLakefield,Ontario.
And Noa from New YorkCity, Dara fromToronto.
Pralada and Janabi fromPrinceton, NewJersey.
Fiona fromLafayette, NewYork.
Glory from New YorkCity, Kern fromBentonville,Arkansas.
Andrew from SanDiego, Maya from Malay NorthCarolina.
Robbie fromToronto. Henry fromLondon, Ben from Malay NorthCarolina.
Aaron and Audrey fromSylvain,Ohio.
And Yuki fromOakland,California.
Praise ourLord, ourthighs.
We'll be back in two weeks with an episode all about unidentified fly and objects orUFOs.
