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	<title>The Behaviour Effect &#187; laughter</title>
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		<title>Laughing &#8211; the new social wizz kid</title>
		<link>http://www.thebehavioureffect.com/2009/12/07/laughing-the-new-social-wizz-kid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day. The first laughter appears at about 3.5 to 4 months of age, long before we’re able to speak.  Laughter, like crying, is a way for an infant to interact with the caregivers.

Like smiling we don’t have to learn how to laugh, we just do. We’re born with the capacity to laugh.  But we cannot just decide to laugh, its very hard to laugh on command or to fake it.  A bit like a fake smile, a fake laugh can be detected quite easily by another person....and for anyone that has tried to stop laughing or hide an 'inappropriate' laugh in a meeting...you'll know how difficult that can be!

Are you known for your laugh?]]></description>
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