BIO

I am a recent graduate of the Behavioral Neuroscience program at FSU. I am currently in the process of gaining the necessary experience to apply for Ph.D. programs in the field of either neuroscience or clinical psychology. I am interested in conducting future research to better understand the physiological analogs of human behavior.

Pain-Induced Laughter: An Evolutionary Explanation and Proposed Mechanism

Abstract

The present study explores a proposed mechanism for how the association between laughter and pain may have evolved. In highlighting this mechanism, we link research on the evolution of laughter with endogenous pain reduction to propose a model that argues that laughter became a conditioned response to pain.

Keywords: Social Psychology, Behavior, Communication, Evolution