Scott Sophie K, Lavan Nadine, Chen Sinead, McGettigan Carolyn
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL London, UK.
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, UK.
Trends Cogn Sci. 2014 Dec;18(12):618-20. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.09.002. Epub 2014 Oct 22.
Laughter is often considered to be the product of humour. However, laughter is a social emotion, occurring most often in interactions, where it is associated with bonding, agreement, affection, and emotional regulation. Laughter is underpinned by complex neural systems, allowing it to be used flexibly. In humans and chimpanzees, social (voluntary) laughter is distinctly different from evoked (involuntary) laughter, a distinction which is also seen in brain imaging studies of laughter.
笑通常被认为是幽默的产物。然而,笑是一种社会情感,最常出现在互动中,与联系、认同、喜爱和情绪调节相关联。笑由复杂的神经系统支撑,使其能够灵活运用。在人类和黑猩猩中,社交性(自愿的)笑与诱发的(非自愿的)笑明显不同,这种差异在笑的脑成像研究中也可见到。