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Neural processing of laughter in depression [PDF]
Scientific ReportsLaughter can convey social intent ranging from acceptance (friendly inclusive laughter) to rejection (malign taunting laughter). We investigated perception of auditory and visual laughter in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) versus healthy ...
Thomas Ethofer +8 more
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Liberating the mental health and wellbeing benefits of laughing alone: a new taxonomic model and scoping review for future research [PDF]
Discover Mental HealthLaughter has been predominantly viewed as a social behavior, and laughing alone is often regarded doubtfully, even pathologized. While solitary laughter can be symptomatic of mental health issues, one motivation of this review was to explore whether it ...
Freda Gonot-Schoupinsky +2 more
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Relationship between client laughter and session outcomes in metaverse counseling [PDF]
BMC PsychologyConsidering the growing interest in VR psychotherapy, this study investigated the relationship between client laughter and session outcomes in metaverse counseling. To investigate the relationships between types of client laughter and session outcomes in
Jieun Kang +5 more
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The Informational Patterns of Laughter [PDF]
Entropy, 2003 : Laughter is one of the most characteristic -and enigmatic- communicational traits of human individuals. Its analysis has to take into account a variety of emotional, social, cognitive, and communicational factors densely interconnected. In this article
Pedro C. Marijuán +1 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Laughter and yawning can both occur spontaneously and are highly contagious forms of social behavior. When occurring contagiously, laughter and yawning are usually confounded with a social situation and it is difficult to determine to which degree the ...
Micaela De Weck +4 more
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Laughter as a Semiotic Problem
Antropologìčnì Vimìri Fìlosofsʹkih Doslìdžen', 2021 Purpose. The article is aimed to substantiate the view on the phenomenon of laughter as a subject of semiotic analysis, which leads to the following tasks: to reveal the possibilities of semiotics application in the study of laughter nature; to analyze ...
V. A. Vershyna, O. V. Mykhailiuk
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The effect of laughter yoga on working memory
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2022 A growing body of evidence suggests that there is a link between laughter and memory. However, no research has been done to show a link between simulated laughter (laughter yoga) and the enhancement of working memory.
Md. Shahinoor Rahman, Farida Binte Wali
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Scientific Reports, 2022 It has been shown that the acoustical signal of posed laughter can convey affective information to the listener. However, because posed and spontaneous laughter differ in a number of significant aspects, it is unclear whether affective communication ...
Diana P. Szameitat +2 more
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The Small Face of Traditional and Complementary Medical Applications: Laughter Yoga
Anadolu Hemşirelik ve Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 2021 Laughter is usually acknowledged as a visual representation of happiness or feeling of joy. It is known that laughter positively effects human body physiologically and psychologically.
Zülfünaz ÖZER, Sebahat ATEŞ
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Social Context Disambiguates the Interpretation of Laughter
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Despite being a pan-cultural phenomenon, laughter is arguably the least understood behaviour deployed in social interaction. As well as being a response to humour, it has other important functions including promoting social affiliation, developing ...
William Curran +5 more
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