Laughter: Psychological Mechanisms, Considerations, Future Directions

Lee CH, Won Y, Park JY, Lim J&

Abstract

The psychological studies about laughter have become one of important trends in emotional psychology. Major previous studies and theories are reviewed about the positive effects and the cognitive mechanisms of the laughter. Several limitations of the previous studies and some thinking points were discussed. As future directions of the laughter study, more elaborated topics are suggested including AI based emotional detection.

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