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Laughter Differs In Children With Autism
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 10, 2009 |
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According to a recent paper entitled "Laughter Differs in Children with Autism: An Acoustic Analysis of Laughter Produced by Children with and without the Disorder" in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, childr ...
It really may be the best medicine
May 15, 2009 |
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Talk turned serious -- painfully so, at times -- during the two hours of group discussion.
Reconstructing the evolution of laughter in great apes and humans
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Like human infants, young apes are known to hoot and holler when you tickle them. But is it fair to say that those playful calls are really laughter? The answer to that question is yes, say researchers reporting ...
Study shows out laughter is contagious
Dec 13, 2006 |
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Laughter is said to be contagious and now British scientists studying how the brain responds to emotive sounds believe they understand why.
Scientists study origins of laughter
Nov 22, 2005 |
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Binghamton University scientists have posited the evolutionary origins of types of laughter -- stimulus-driven and that which is self-generated.
A Serious Question: Why Do We Laugh?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Not surprisingly, Robert Lynch begins his research paper "It's Funny Because We Think It's True: Laughter is Augmented by Implicit Preferences" with a joke. Not his joke, but one taken from a ...
Goose bumps, laughter and butterflies
Sep 14, 2009 |
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The human body is as mysterious as it is magnificent. For every essential function like thought or a heartbeat, the body exhibits quirky behaviors that seem to defy explanation. Like goose bumps. Or hiccups. ...
Suggestions offered for one's well being
Jul 13, 2005 |
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People with health concerns have many options, including flossing and sex, aside from exercise and diets to guard against heart attacks and other illnesses.
New study finds anticipating a laugh reduces our stress hormones
Apr 07, 2008 |
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In 2006 researchers investigating the interaction between the brain, behavior, and the immune system found that simply anticipating a mirthful laughter experience boosted health-protecting hormones. Now, two years later, ...
Laughter remains good medicine
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 17, 2009 |
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The connection between the body, mind and spirit has been the subject of conventional scientific inquiry for some 20 years. The notion that psychosocial and societal considerations have a role in maintaining health and preventing ...
Fear of being laughed at crosses cultural boundaries
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Laughter is an emotional expression that is innate in human beings. This means laughing at others is also believed to be a universal phenomenon. However, the fear of being laughed at causes some people enormous ...
Just the expectation of a mirthful laughter experience boosts endorphins 27 percent, HGH 87 percent
Apr 03, 2006 |
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There's no doubt that laughter feels good, but is there real neurophysiology behind it and what can you do about it? In a paper being presented in an American Physiological Society session at Experimental Biology 2006, Lee ...
Google, Microsoft chairmen share laugh together
Jul 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The escalating tension between Google and Microsoft didn't prevent the companies' chairmen from sharing a moment of levity Thursday at an exclusive media conference in the Idaho mountains.
Watching funny shows helps children tolerate pain longer, study finds
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Watching comedy shows helps children tolerate pain for longer periods of time, according to a study by UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the nonprofit organization Rx Laughter.
Joyful music may promote heart health
Nov 11, 2008 |
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Listening to your favorite music may be good for your cardiovascular system. Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore have shown for the first time that the emotions aroused by joyful music ...
