Humour and laughter, an emotion and behaviour that is a social construct in humans, often based on cognitive understanding of cultural context, irony, satire, imagination, incongruity and also based ...

For many years, psychologists and behavioral biologists agreed that laughter was a unique emotional expression found only in humans. However, as the study of animal emotions expanded this idea was ...

If you spend enough time with a dog, you eventually catch a moment that makes you stop and think, “Hang on, is that dog actually laughing?” It might happen when they are rolling around on the floor or ...

A friend was visiting my home and while I was preparing us some cold drinks I casually tossed an ice cube to my Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Ripley. He likes to crunch on ice so he immediately ...