Most men prefer to have more women than men whereas most women prefer to have more women than men in their audience. Women laugh more than men do unless more men are around. When women tease men men comply. Ritualized embarrassment socializes a person into a culture or a group. People are 30 times more likely to laugh in a group than alone.
Research shows that there is a small link between humor and schizophrenia.
Culture can and does affect laughter. A higher self-concept can be linked with a greater sense of humor. A study of 1200 episodes of laughter found that only one in five was linked to a deliberate effort at humor. 935-A Cobb Place Blvd.