# Where does laughter come?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-laughter-come/64702>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 8, 2001, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-laughter-come/64702 "2001-05-08T00:36:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![NHL7890](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c4cdca/32.png) [@NHL7890](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NHL7890)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2001, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-laughter-come/64702/1 "2001-05-08T00:36:56Z")

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Does anybody know what laughter is exactly? I mean we all know it is provoked by something comical, but did it serve any past purpose, and where is it stimulated in the brain?

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**Author:** ![NHL7890](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c4cdca/32.png) [@NHL7890](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NHL7890)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2001, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-laughter-come/64702/2 "2001-05-08T00:42:37Z")

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Looks like I posted the same question twice, d’oh! sorry for the confusion…