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Laughter

lambda nordica, 2022
Set in Boise, “Laughter,” is centered on a gullible anti-heroine and an aspiring writer, who is infatuated with a poet. The novel is about relationships with parents, friends, strangers, complete strangers. An inquiry into what it means to live an authentic life; and what to make of “other” people in fiction: people in books, films ...
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Autistic adults perceive and experience laughter differently to non-autistic adults

Scientific Reports
Human interaction is immersed in laughter; though genuine and posed laughter are acoustically distinct, they are both crucial socio-emotional signals.
Ceci Q. Cai, Sarah J. White, Sinead H. Y. Chen, Marie A. E. Mueller, Sophie K. Scott   +4 more
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Foucault, Laughter, and Gendered Normalization

Foucault Studies, 2015
Thus far, little attention has been paid by Foucauldian scholars to the role of laughter in our subjectivation and normalization, nor to the possible roles of laughter practices in political resistance.
Emily R. Douglas
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Who laughs? A moment of laughter in Shortbus [PDF]

, 2008
In his essay On Laughter, first published in France in 1900, Henri Bergson suggested that “our laughter is always the laughter of the group” (2003:5). With this observation in mind, I have to ask: who laughs when we watch a movie?
Yeatman, Bevin
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Penurunan Tingkat Stres Kerja Pada Penerbang Militer Melalui Penerapan Terapi Yoga Tawa [PDF]

, 2016
The laughter yoga therapy is a physical exercise technique that combines yoga breathing techniques, fitness exercise, laughter, applause rhythmic movements, and meditation.
Fauziah, N. (Nailul), Kustanti, E. R. (Erin), Nurtjahjanti, H. (Harlina), Prasetyo, A. R. (Anggun)   +3 more
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The Diagnosis That Arrived Decades Late: Living Without and Then With Myhre Syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myhre syndrome (MIM #139210) is a rare multisystem disorder first described in 1981, characterized by short stature, neurodevelopmental delay, joint contractures, and cardiopulmonary complications. Its molecular basis, recurrent pathogenic variants in SMAD4, was not discovered until 2011. This narrative is based on a review of medical records,
Abdallah F. Elias
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Laughter [PDF]

, 1996
Drake, Barbara
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On the acoustics of overlapping laughter in conversational speech [PDF]

, 2012
The social nature of laughter invites people to laugh together. This joint vocal action often results in overlapping laughter. In this paper, we show that the acoustics of overlapping laughs are different from non-overlapping laughs.
Trouvain, Jürgen, Truong, Khiet P.
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Laugh syncope as a rare sub-type of the situational syncopes: a case report [PDF]

, 2008
Introduction Laughter is a good medicine; it enhances cardiovascular health and the immune system. What happens, however, if a person laughs too much or the laughter becomes out of control? Laughter-induced syncope is rare and likely goes unrecognized by
Nishida Katsufumi, Hirota Sean K, Tokeshi Jinichi   +2 more
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The First Reported Case of an Inherited Pathogenic Variant in DEAF1 From a Parent With Milder Phenotype Provides Evidence of Variable Gene Expressivity of the DEAF1‐Associated Vulto‐van Silfout‐de Vries Syndrome (VSVS)

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT DEAF1‐associated neurodevelopmental disorder (DAND) is a neurodevelopmental spectrum disorder caused by two methods of inheritance: the autosomal dominant intellectual disability syndrome (Vulto‐van Silfout‐de Vries syndrome (VSVS), OMIM #615828), and the autosomal recessive Neurodevelopmental disorder with hypotonia and impaired expressive ...
Kylie Katz, Philip Jensik, Milen Velinov
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