The origin and nature of the emotions; miscellaneous papers . Fk;. 2S,—The .snap-shot was taken without the subjects kuowlcdKe anddiscloses admirably the acti\ali(jn of the facial muscles which arc asscjcialedwith hearty lauf;htcr. PAIN, LAUGHTER, AND CRYING 95 is the re,spiratory system utilized for such a clarifying pur-pose? Wiry do we not laugh with our feet and hands aswell? Were laughter expressed with the hands, the monkeymight fall from the tree and, if by the feet, man might fallto the ground. He would at least be ataxic. In fact,laughter has the great advantage of utilizing a group o


The origin and nature of the emotions; miscellaneous papers . Fk;. 2S,—The .snap-shot was taken without the subjects kuowlcdKe anddiscloses admirably the acti\ali(jn of the facial muscles which arc asscjcialedwith hearty lauf;htcr. PAIN, LAUGHTER, AND CRYING 95 is the re,spiratory system utilized for such a clarifying pur-pose? Wiry do we not laugh with our feet and hands aswell? Were laughter expressed with the hands, the monkeymight fall from the tree and, if by the feet, man might fallto the ground. He would at least be ataxic. In fact,laughter has the great advantage of utilizing a group ofpowerful muscles which can be readily spared without. d Fig. 29.—The laugliter of this boy is doulitless the outward physical ex-pression of the motor activation excited by the anticipation of vigorous out-door exercise. When he begins to exercise, this laughter will diminish ordisappear. seriously interfering with the maintenance of , however, is only one form of muscular action whichmay consume the fuel thrown into the blood by these products of excitation are often consumed byother motor acts than laughter is frequently seen in publicmeetings when the stamping of feet and the clapping ofhands in applause gives relief to the excitation (Fig. 30). 96 THE EMOTIONS


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