Long before modern brain imaging technologies illuminated the neurophysiological mechanisms that make laughter contagious, William James (1842-1910) observed, "We don't laugh because we're happy, ...

I have on several occasions referred to laughter as the “best medicine” just as many others do and over the years, I have expanded ...

Editor’s note: This column was originally published on March 21, 2021. It’s too late for Belly Laugh Day, but Let’s Laugh Day is March 19. May it be side-splitting. Betty Heath / From My Deck I’m ...

On the fourth Sunday of every month Venerable Suco Hue Huong, the Buddhist nun who anchors Buu Hung Buddhist Monastery in east Vancouver, offers a no-nonsense lecture about life, death and the human q ...

People often say that laughter is the best medicine, and it seems that this saying may be more accurate than we realise. Ongoing trials are exploring whether “comedy-on-prescription” can boost mental ...

Over a century ago, William James—an American physician, philosopher, and educator, who many consider the father of modern psychology—wisely said, “We don’t laugh because we’re happy. We’re happy ...