A brief and personal exploration of laughter and dark comedy: what laughter is, what it means, and why it matters, with specific emphasis on the contributions of laughter, humor, and dark comedy to modern society. Personal anecdotes and some short fiction writing alternate roughly with sections of more research-based writing to lend an “easy read” style to the piece
OBJECTIVE: To review the beneficial and harmful effects of laughter. DESIGN: Narrative synthesis. DA...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-32)The purpose of this graduate project is to present ...
This article relates to the potential of applied laughter in social science. Here, we explore the “L...
Using humor and laughter within the health care field has the potential to be relevant to patients d...
While for many healthcare is no laughing matter, humor can be a valuable tool for physicians. Hospit...
The goal of every teacher is to connect with his or her audience. Humor has a way of disarming...
Medicine has been called a science, as well as an art or a craft, among other terms that express asp...
Like oil and water, humor and trauma would seem to be as opposite as can be. This systematic narrati...
Laughter directly affects one’s physiology. Laughter causes various muscle contractions which, in tu...
Purpose: Most people are familiar with the expression ‘laughter is the best medicine’. By enhancing ...
Our results support a connection between sense of humor and self-reported physical health, however, ...
The most creative aspect of language is humour I and it is one of the most important topics in the ...
Articles in both the lay and professional literature have extolled the virtues of humor, many giving...
Laughter and its significant benefits lower the affective filter in any learning environment. The re...
This is an accepted manuscript of a chapter published by The Curious Academic Publishing in Teach M...
OBJECTIVE: To review the beneficial and harmful effects of laughter. DESIGN: Narrative synthesis. DA...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-32)The purpose of this graduate project is to present ...
This article relates to the potential of applied laughter in social science. Here, we explore the “L...
Using humor and laughter within the health care field has the potential to be relevant to patients d...
While for many healthcare is no laughing matter, humor can be a valuable tool for physicians. Hospit...
The goal of every teacher is to connect with his or her audience. Humor has a way of disarming...
Medicine has been called a science, as well as an art or a craft, among other terms that express asp...
Like oil and water, humor and trauma would seem to be as opposite as can be. This systematic narrati...
Laughter directly affects one’s physiology. Laughter causes various muscle contractions which, in tu...
Purpose: Most people are familiar with the expression ‘laughter is the best medicine’. By enhancing ...
Our results support a connection between sense of humor and self-reported physical health, however, ...
The most creative aspect of language is humour I and it is one of the most important topics in the ...
Articles in both the lay and professional literature have extolled the virtues of humor, many giving...
Laughter and its significant benefits lower the affective filter in any learning environment. The re...
This is an accepted manuscript of a chapter published by The Curious Academic Publishing in Teach M...
OBJECTIVE: To review the beneficial and harmful effects of laughter. DESIGN: Narrative synthesis. DA...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-32)The purpose of this graduate project is to present ...
This article relates to the potential of applied laughter in social science. Here, we explore the “L...