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Why Love Needs Laughter

The Science of Happiness

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Shared Laughter Is Important in Relationships

Laura kurtz is a social psychologist and the programme manager for the love consortion at the university of north carolina. She says shared laughter seems to be particularly potent for relationships. So it's not so much how much you laugh in the presence of another person that's important and preductive of your relation sip, but rather how much of that laughter is shared.

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