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“Everything Is Just Done Away With Now”: Contentious Practices of Scalar Brokerage Motivated by Narratives of Welfare Nostalgia in Postcolonial Rotterdam

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 108-119, March 2026.
ABSTRACT According to anthropological theories of brokerage, brokers build bridges, close gaps, make connections, and construct shared norms. In this article, I argue that such structural‐functionalist approaches to brokerage do not prove adequate in addressing unsettled and unsettling scale‐making practices of refugee‐led support initiatives in ...
Lieke van der Veer
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of eight weeks laughter yoga training on motor function, balance, and flexibility in subjects with Parkinson's disease

مجله پژوهش در علوم توانبخشی, 2013
Introduction: Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common disorders of the central nervous system. Laughter Yoga (LY) combines the complementary therapies, stretching, and breathing techniques.
akram keykhahoseinpoor, Nader Rahnama, Ahmad Chitsaz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unlocking the Tyranny of Modern Thinking: Keys From Anthropology, Psychology, Neuroscience, and Buddhism

Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT One barrier to mental health and a common focus of psychotherapy is the tendency to identify with relentless, often self‐critical thinking that searches for faults, becomes easily distracted, and pulls individuals away from the present moment.
Barbara Carter
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of laughter therapy on quality of life in patients with cancer: An open-label, randomized controlled trial.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BACKGROUND:Few randomized controlled trials have assessed the effects of laughter therapy on health-related quality of life (QOL) in cancer patients. This study aimed to evaluate these effects as an exploratory endpoint in cancer patients as part of a ...
Toshitaka Morishima, Isao Miyashiro, Norimitsu Inoue, Mitsuko Kitasaka, Takashi Akazawa, Akemi Higeno, Atsushi Idota, Akira Sato, Tetsuya Ohira, Masato Sakon, Nariaki Matsuura   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effectiveness of laughter yoga training on the general health of women with diabetes [PDF]

Psychology of Woman Journal, 2021
E Heydari, M Shirazi, G.R Sanaghoymorer
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Not Just Half a Doctor: Promoting Humanism During Stressful Times

Annals of the Child Neurology Society, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 6-11, March 2026.
Nigel S. Bamford, Nomazulu Dlamini, Bruce H. Cohen, Ann Tilton, Scott L. Pomeroy, Phillip L. Pearl, Nina F. Schor, E. Steve Roach   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

COMMUNICATIONAL METHOD OF IMPACT OF „EXERCISE OF LAUGHTER YOGA“ ON THE ELDERLY BEHAVIOUR

Informatologia, 2014
Watching the entertaining facilities is one of the effective methods of promoting laughter, which in turn affects the blood pressure values and well-being. The purpose of the study was to determine how laughter yoga, which does not depend on understanding humor, effect on blood pressure and well-being.
Krebs, Simona, Stanegler Herodež, Špela, Pajnkihar, Majda   +2 more
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Effect of 1-month laughter yoga training on verbal working memory in visually impaired schoolchildren

BLDE University Journal of Health Sciences
BACKGROUND: This study investigates the influence of a 1-month laughter yoga training program on the verbal working memory (WM) of visually impaired schoolchildren.
Anchal Sharma, Moradhvaj Singh
doaj  

Biopsychosocial impacts of laughter yoga and therapy on stroke survivors [PDF]

Journal of Critical Care, 2011
Gourie[Gita] Suraj-Narayan, Sheroma Surajnarayan   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

The effect of 8 weeks of laughter yoga training on cardiorespiratory indices in adolescent girls aged 13-15 in Shahrekord. [PDF]

Ann Med Surg (Lond)
Mottaghi S, Farsani ZH, Habibi N, Habibi Z, Choopani M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source