Laughter is contagious. Like the flu...but better:)

Carol Raterman
People laugh for many different reasons. The reason Robert Provine gives is shown through his quote which says, “Another attraction of laughter is its remarkable contagiousness. Think of the last time you sat in an audience, laughing and letting the waves of laughter wash over you. A pleasant experience- one of life’s best. But consider now the primal nature of the animal chorus and the way the members of the audience synchronize their noises. How odd that we can’t help laughing when we hear others laugh!”
Some people have very contagious laughs and people around them cannot help but laugh when they hear it. It is very good to be around people with contagious laughs because if a person is upset and is around a contagious laugh, it makes the person happier because they cannot help but laugh.
When a person is in an audience, normally the actor or actress says something to make the crowd laugh. As a few people laugh, it spreads throughout the room and eventually, the entire room is filled with laughter. The reason the room fills with laughter is because either many people found the comment or joke funny, or a few different people had contagious laughs, or some of both.
Laughing is healthy because it improves a person’s spirit if they are in a poor or sour mood. As a person is laughing, they are temporarily forgetting about their problems and are expressing happiness. As a group of people are watching a movie, the contagiousness of laughter is what makes the few people who do not find the comedy funny laugh. They are laughing because they cannot help but laugh.
Robert Provine had a point when he said that laughing was a pleasant experience- one of life’s best. He was saying that it feels so good to laugh and not many other experiences are better than laughing and I definitely agree.