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PLoS ONE, 2023 Objectives Laughter as an expression of humor has been recognized as good medicine for centuries. The health benefits of humor-induced well-being remain unclear and thus we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of interventional studies to ...
Caroline Kaercher Kramer +1 more
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Laugh Like You Mean It:Authenticity Modulates Acoustic, Physiological and Perceptual Properties of Laughter [PDF]
, 2016 Several authors have recently presented evidence for perceptual and neural distinctions between genuine and acted expressions of emotion. Here, we describe how differences in authenticity affect the acoustic and perceptual properties of laughter.
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Psychology of Laughter in a Structural-Dialectical Approach
Культурно-историческая психология, 2023 The article is devoted to the discussion of the psychology of laughter from the perspective of its functional purpose in culture. Addressing the topic of laughter is needed to describe its counterintuitive nature, consisting of dialectical ...
N.E. Veraksa +2 more
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Finding Light in the Darkness: The Role of Humor [PDF]
, 2020 The human story of confrontations with darkness can be lightened with the aid of humor and ...
Ansello, Edward F.
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From positive psychology to positive biology: laughter and longevity
Exploration of Medicine, 2023 Gelotology (the study of laughter) has it seems mainly evaded the attention of longevity scientists, positive biologists, and geroscientists. However, the potential of laughter to result in immediate improved affect, increase overall well-being, reduce ...
Freda Gonot-Schoupinsky
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Lies, Lyres, and Laughter: Surplus Potential in the \u3ci\u3eHomeric Hymn to Hermes\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]
, 2011 This paper seeks to reevaluate scholarly responses to the laughter in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes. Using Zupančič\u27s recent work on comedy, I argue that Hermes intentionally exploits surplus potentials that emerge from splits in the perceived unity and ...
Bungard, Christopher
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 Joyful laughter is the only laughter type that has received sufficient validation in terms of morphology (i.e., face, voice). Still, it is unclear whether joyful laughter involves one prototypical facial-morphological configuration (Duchenne Display and ...
Jennifer eHofmann
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Effect of Laughter Therapy on the Psychological and Physiological State of a Person
PsichologijaThe study of laughter therapy can help people better understand how laughter can reduce stress, boost mood, and improve the immune system and overall physical condition, so this topic is quite relevant and necessary in the modern world. The influence of
Liana Spytska
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Virginia Stephen (Woolf) et le rire comme horizon
Études Britanniques Contemporaines, 2011 It is quite unusual to connect Virginia Woolf with laughter. However, in 1905, Virginia Stephen published in The Guardian an essay called ‘The Value of Laughter’. Laughter is what the young essayist calls for.
Christine Reynier
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Don’t make me laugh: Responsive laughter in (dis)affiliation [PDF]
, 2016 This paper examines laughter as a methodical resource for marking a just-prior turn as laughable, even when that turn has not been designed as such by its producer.
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