About the Author: Danielle Perszyk is a socialneuroscience researcher at the Yale Child Study Center, where she studies autism using electrophysiological methods.
Therapists who laugh with their clients increase feelings of connection and bonding, reports Dr. Carl Marci, the director of SocialNeuroscience at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Neuroscience has revealed which brain circuits are responsible for functions like understanding what other people think, empathy, fairness, and social identity.