- Why do tears flow when you laugh too much?
- Is there such thing as a funny bone?
- What are the chemical triggers for the happy feeling that you feel when you laugh?
- Can we buy laughing gas?
- Can we die of laughter?
- Why do we have hiccups when we laugh?
- Can laughing tire our mouth muscles?
- Why do some people become crazy when they laugh?
- Do animals laugh?
- Can anyone not laugh at all?
- How long can a person laugh?
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These are the questions left unanswered in our STELLAR Unit 7: What Happens When You Laugh.
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1. Because when we laugh we put pressure on our tear ducts, so it forces the tears to come out.
ReplyDelete2. No. The "funny bone" is actually a nerve.
5. It is possible to die of laughter. Someone died of laughter at the age of 52 in 2003.
9. Yes, animals can laugh.
11. 2 days.
Laughing gas is endorphins.
ReplyDeleteLaughing gas is endorphins.
ReplyDelete5. Yes
ReplyDeleteIn 2003, Damnoen Saen-um, a Thai ice cream salesman, is reported to have died while laughing in his sleep at the age of 52. His wife was unable to wake him, and he stopped breathing after two minutes of continuous laughter. He is believed to have died of either heart failure or asphyxiation.
Adapted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_from_laughter
Delete1. Some said we cry because when we laugh we put pressure on our tear ducts, so it forces the tears to come out. Or in more biological way tears also accompany the body's return to homeostasis after extreme excitation. So after a big laughing jag, tears are a sign that the body is returning to normal.
ReplyDeleteAdapted fromhttp://youthvoices.net/discussion/why-do-we-cry-when-we-laugh-too-hard
Delete1. Because when we laugh we put pressure on our tear ducts, so it forces the tears to come out. Or in more biological way tears also accompany the body's return to homeostasis after extreme excitation. So after a big laughing jag, tears are a sign that the body is returning to normal.
ReplyDelete2. The "funny bone" got its nickname because of that funny feeling you get after you hit it. But your funny bone isn't actually a bone at all. Running down the inside part of your elbow is a nerve called the ulnar nerve
3. https://www.psychologytoday.com/files/attachments/59029/happy-chemicals.pdf
4. Yes we an buy laughing gas
5. In 2003, Damnoen Saen-um, a Thai ice cream salesman, is reported to have died while laughing in his sleep at the age of 52. His wife was unable to wake him, and he stopped breathing after two minutes of continuous laughter. He is believed to have died of either heart failure or asphyxiation
6.Hiccuping is a muscle contraction from the diaphragm - and when you laugh hard you are stressing those muscles below the ribcage. That's likely why the hiccups, but it isn't a regular occurrence. You might have a mineral deficiency of calcium/magnesium which impacts the muscles - or just could be the way you are laughing so very hard that causes the muscle spasming, and then the hiccups. If you press both your hands below your ribs into the diaphragm when you are doing the hiccuping, just hold your hands there and take a few deep breaths slowly, that should help relax the spasming and relieve the hiccups. You may need to drink more water - muscle spasms can come from either the mineral deficiency above, or from dehydration. Give both those a try, and next time you get the hiccups, try that, see if it helps.
7. Yes it does tire your mouth muscles
8. None
9. some animals, like dogs and apes, can laugh.
10. None
12. around 5 to 10 minutes.....it depends on how funny the joke or whatever it is.
1. Because when we laugh we put pressure on our tear ducts, so it forces the tears to come out. Or in more biological way tears also accompany the body's return to homeostasis after extreme excitation. So after a big laughing jag, tears are a sign that the body is returning to normal.
ReplyDelete2. The "funny bone" got its nickname because of that funny feeling you get after you hit it. But your funny bone isn't actually a bone at all. Running down the inside part of your elbow is a nerve called the ulnar nerve
3. https://www.psychologytoday.com/files/attachments/59029/happy-chemicals.pdf
4. Yes we an buy laughing gas
5. In 2003, Damnoen Saen-um, a Thai ice cream salesman, is reported to have died while laughing in his sleep at the age of 52. His wife was unable to wake him, and he stopped breathing after two minutes of continuous laughter. He is believed to have died of either heart failure or asphyxiation
6.Hiccuping is a muscle contraction from the diaphragm - and when you laugh hard you are stressing those muscles below the ribcage. That's likely why the hiccups, but it isn't a regular occurrence. You might have a mineral deficiency of calcium/magnesium which impacts the muscles - or just could be the way you are laughing so very hard that causes the muscle spasming, and then the hiccups. If you press both your hands below your ribs into the diaphragm when you are doing the hiccuping, just hold your hands there and take a few deep breaths slowly, that should help relax the spasming and relieve the hiccups. You may need to drink more water - muscle spasms can come from either the mineral deficiency above, or from dehydration. Give both those a try, and next time you get the hiccups, try that, see if it helps.
7. Yes it does tire your mouth muscles
8. None
9. some animals, like dogs and apes, can laugh.
10. None
12. around 5 to 10 minutes.....it depends on how funny the joke or whatever it is.
7. Yes
ReplyDeletePoo Pei Yi
Question 7. The chemical triggers are dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin and endorphin.
ReplyDelete5.
ReplyDeleteDeath may result from several pathologies that deviate from benign laughter. Infarction of the pons and medulla oblongata in the brain may cause pathological laughter
Laughter can cause atonia and collapse ("gelastic syncope"), which in turn can cause trauma. See also laughter-induced syncope, cataplexy, and Bezold-Jarisch reflex. Gelastic seizures can be due to focal lesions to the hypothalamus. Depending upon the size of the lesion, the emotional lability may be a sign of an acute condition, and not itself the cause of the fatality. Gelastic syncope has also been associated with the cerebellum
6.
ReplyDeleteHiccuping is a muscle contraction from the diaphragm - and when you laugh hard you are stressing those muscles below the ribcage. That's likely why the hiccups, but it isn't a regular occurrence. You might have a mineral deficiency of calcium/magnesium which impacts the muscles - or just could be the way you are laughing so very hard that causes the muscle spasming, and then the hiccups.
2.
ReplyDeleteNo. The "funny bone" got its nickname because of that funny feeling you get after you hit it. But your funny bone isn't actually a bone at all. Running down the inside part of your elbow is a nerve called the ulnar nerve.
There is no such thing as a funny bone.
ReplyDelete9. Yes. Apes—like chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, and orangutans—can laugh.
ReplyDeleteAdapted from mentalfloss.com/us/go/65030
Delete6.It has to do with nerves that are related to your vagus (which conveys sensory information about the state of the body's organs to the central nervous system). But unlike the city, what happens in vagus doesn't stay in vagus, so you hiccup as well as laugh.
ReplyDeleteAdapted from http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2010/01/laughter-induced_hiccups_reall.html
Delete2.The "funny bone" got its nickname because of that funny feeling you get after you hit it. But your funny bone isn't actually a bone at all. Running down the inside part of your elbow is a nerve called the ulnar nerve.
ReplyDeleteAdapted from kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/funny_bone.html