Fake laughter doesn't fool the brain, research reveals
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 12:31
in Psychology & Sociology
As the world celebrates International Day of Happiness today (Thursday, 20 March), can we tell whether people are truly happy just from their laugh? "During our study, when participants heard a laugh that was posed, they activated regions of the brain associated with mentalizing in an attempt to understand the other person's emotional and mental state," the authors state.