Laughter may improve short-term memory and may make the brain work better in older adults.

The research also found that people who laughed had decreased level of the stress hormone cortisol, which is an enemy of memory.
Dr. Gurinder S. Bains said that the learning ability and delayed recall become more challenging as people age and laughing with friends or even watching 20 minutes of humor on TV helps to cope with daily stressors.
Source-ANI