Jun 9, 2021
Since the last episode (It's been a while), I've done the research on the ways in which people use laughter to help them get through the trials and tribulations of life and I earned a PhD for my troubles.
I've also lived through a number of life changing challenges, including breaking my spine, and laughter has served...
Sep 30, 2016
Today's podcast - released on none other than International Podcast Day...yes, it's a thing...is a follow up interview with Evan Jordan of Oklahoma State University.
If you are a new listener to the Laughter Research Podcast, you might like to check out the previous interview HERE. Evan has been the lead investigator on...
Sep 15, 2016
My guest in podcast episode #15 is Merv Neal. Merv has a lengthy background in business, but a life threatening challenge to his health instigated a transformation in his approach to life. His goals switched from making money to improving the health of others and himself through the use of laughter.
In this episode we...
Apr 23, 2015
Today I speak with Evan Jordan of Oklahoma State University in the U.S. about her research in to the contagiousness of positive emotions in infants, through the use of infant laughter as a stimulus.
If you would like to hear about how psychologists get babies to laugh and why it is that they want them to laugh, then...
Apr 2, 2015
Professor Sophie Scott is the deputy director for the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience in UCL (University College London).
While the main focus of her research is the neurobiology of speech perception, her work also includes the study of the neuroscience of laughter. She also dabbles in stand-up comedy.