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Recensione: Freda Gonot-Schoupinsky, Merv Neal & Jerome Carson. 2024. “The Positive Psychology of Laughter and Humour”. Casa Editrice: Emerald Publishing Ltd., Leeds, UK. [PDF]
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The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The 2024 UK general election saw candidates make frequent rhetorical references to parents and grandparents. But what are the political functions and implications of such references? Drawing together recent research in political psychology and sociology, this article interprets such references as attempts to articulate ‘vicarious identities ...
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Laughing During Conversations, But Not in Response to Digital Media, Is Associated With Less Loneliness, Social Isolation, and Social Withdrawal: A Cross-Sectional Study of German Adults in 2023. [PDF]
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Investigating the effect of laughter yoga on happiness and life expectancy in an elderly population. [PDF]
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