Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), in Australia, argue that humor is an excellent form of therapy for dementia patients showing chronic agitation. The team reveals that their latest study suggests this approach to be more effective even than antipsychotic drugs.
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22 September 2011
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Laughter plays a key role in group communication and dynamics, even when there is absolutely nothing funny happening, a new study carried out by North Carolina State University claims.The subjects of this study were members of the jury in a capital murder case, and the researchers wanted to know exactly what role pla... |
24 August 2010
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A group of researchers has recently managed to crack the “code” hyenas use when they laugh and giggle. According to the investigators, these behaviors contain a large amount of information about the animals' social status, age, mood and desires, all of them transmitted in the most basic forms possibl... |
30 March 2010
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It's a well-known fact among zookeepers that members of the Great Apes family, as in gorilla, bonobos, orangutans and chimpanzees, like to be tickled, and that they respond to this form of treatment with squeals and chuckles. After analyzing the noises that the animals make, researchers have come to the conclusi... |
5 June 2009
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The laughter for which the hyena is famous may not be laughter after all, a new scientific study has recently concluded. According to the results of an acoustic analysis performed by a group of experts on “vocal” samples provided by a number of the beasts, the animals most often make the noises when they ... |
6 May 2009
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The concept of lifestyle medicine is a relatively new one, unwillingly created by Norman Cousins, who was a writer and a news magazine editor in the 1970s. Having been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, the then-layman prescribed himself a diet consisting mainly of good mood, lots of laughter, and funny videos. Af... |
18 April 2009
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In a new scientific study, researchers from the Washington State University have used a really bad joke – "What did the big chimney say to the little chimney? (Nothing. Chimneys can’t talk.)" – to assess how people in social networks respond to bad humor, even if the individuals telling the gags wa... |
27 January 2009
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