Laughing releases feel good chemicals in brain

LAUGHING with friends releases feelgood brain chemicals, which also relieve pain.

Until now, scientists haven’t proven that, like exercise and other activities, laughing causes a release of endorphins.

“Very little research has been done into why we laugh and what role it plays in society,” study researcher Robin Dunbar, of the University of Oxford, said in a statement.

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