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Why Giggles Are Basically Brain Push-Ups

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, Society & Culture, Science, News

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Helping Children Laugh Can Make Their Brains More Resilient and Learning Easier Laughter Rewires Brain Architecture and Lowers Cognitive Load Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to Cool Stuff Daily. I'm Zach Morris. Today's episode starts with something every parent, teacher, and former class clown already suspected.

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Laughter isn't just fun, it's brain fuel. And according to new neuroscience research, making kids laugh may actually help build stronger brains, lower stress, improve learning, and even help children become more emotionally resilient

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later in life. In other words, knock-knock jokes may deserve a little more respect. Let's get

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into it. Researchers examining childhood development and neuroscience say laughter activities,

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an incredibly sophisticated network inside the brain, starts working before children can even speak. Babies as young

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as a few months old begin responding to playful sounds, funny faces, and exaggerated expressions

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long before they understand language. Scientists believe this early laughter helps build

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social awareness and emotional connection from the very beginning of life.

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Leading the latest research is Dr. Jacqueline Harding, an early childhood expert at Middlesex University.

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In her new book, The Brain That Loves to Laugh, Harding argues that humor and joyful play

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