When I told a friend that in my family we do a lot of teasing, he was aghast. He never teased his children, he explained. He viewed teasing as mean, bordering on bullying. It had no place in family ...

This post is in response to Teasing Apes Suggest Humor Has Deep Evolutionary Roots By Mary Bates Ph.D. Dr. Mary Bates' excellent summary of a recent study by Isabelle Laumer and her colleagues called ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. A study published in April in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Cracking a good joke is no laughing matter, but the complex cognitive abilities that underpin humor have so far been studied mostly in humans, with ...