Prescribing laughter to ameliorate mental health, sleep, and wellbeing in university students: A protocol for a feasibility study of a randomised controlled trial
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DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2020.100676
Abstract: Objectives This research is the first study to investigate the potential effects of a laughter prescription on both psychological health and objective sleep parameters in university students. The primary objective is to evaluate the feasibility… read more here.
Keywords: trial; laughter; feasibility; sleep ... See more keywords
Is laughter a better vocal change detector than a growl?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2017.03.018
Abstract: The capacity to predict what should happen next and to minimize any discrepancy between an expected and an actual sensory input (prediction error) is a central aspect of perception. Particularly in vocal communication, the effective… read more here.
Keywords: repetition positivity; vocal change; change; laughter ... See more keywords
Effect of laughter yoga on salivary cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone among healthy university students: A randomized controlled trial.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2018.04.005
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To examine whether laughter yoga (LY), i.e., simulated laughter, alters cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) levels and cortisol/DHEA (C/D) ratios. METHODS In a randomized controlled trial, 120 healthy university students were allocated to experiencing LY,… read more here.
Keywords: cortisol; randomized controlled; laughter yoga; dhea levels ... See more keywords
Prescribing laughter to increase well-being in healthy adults: An exploratory mixed methods feasibility study of the Laughie
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2019.01.005
Abstract: Abstract Introduction Calls for a practical laughter prescription have been made by the medical community. This research developed the Laughie and evaluated its impact to elicit laughter and increase well-being in healthy adults. The Laughie… read more here.
Keywords: well healthy; feasibility; laughter increase; increase well ... See more keywords
Neural correlates of the affective properties of spontaneous and volitional laughter types
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.12.012
Abstract: ABSTRACT Previous investigations of vocal expressions of emotion have identified acoustic and perceptual distinctions between expressions of different emotion categories, and between spontaneous and volitional (or acted) variants of a given category. Recent work on… read more here.
Keywords: response; affective properties; laughter; neural correlates ... See more keywords
“Hahaha”: Laughter as a resource to manage WhatsApp conversations
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2017.01.001
Abstract: Abstract This study deals with the interactional achievement of laughter in WhatsApp conversations. We aim to describe how texters mobilize “transcribed” laughter (i.e. hahaha), and to what extent laughter is a resource for managing the… read more here.
Keywords: laughter resource; whatsapp conversations; message; laughter ... See more keywords
Vocal laughter punctuates speech and manual signing: Novel evidence for similar linguistic and neurological mechanisms
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x15003040
Abstract: Abstract Vocal laughter fills conversations between speakers with normal hearing and between deaf users of American Sign Language, but laughter rarely intrudes on the phrase structure of spoken or signed conversation, being akin to punctuation… read more here.
Keywords: manual signing; speech manual; laughter; laughter punctuates ... See more keywords
Increased Discriminability of Authenticity from Multimodal Laughter is Driven by Auditory Information
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DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2016.1226370
Abstract: We present an investigation of the perception of authenticity in audiovisual laughter, in which we contrast spontaneous and volitional samples and examine the contributions of unimodal affective information to multimodal percepts. In a pilot study,… read more here.
Keywords: information; laughter; increased discriminability; multimodal laughter ... See more keywords
Laughter and its role in the evolution of human social bonding
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0176
Abstract: In anthropoid primates, social grooming is the principal mechanism (mediated by the central nervous system endorphin system) that underpins social bonding. However, the time available for social grooming is limited, and this imposes an upper… read more here.
Keywords: evolution human; laughter; laughter role; human social ... See more keywords
When laughter arrests speech: fMRI-based evidence
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0182
Abstract: Who has not experienced that sensation of losing the power of speech owing to an involuntary bout of laughter? An investigation of this phenomenon affords an insight into the neuronal processes that underlie laughter. In… read more here.
Keywords: arrests speech; laughter; laughter arrests; fmri based ... See more keywords
Making a Difference Through Atmospheres: The Orange Alternative, laughter and the possibilities of affective resistance
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DOI: 10.1177/0170840621989008
Abstract: The paper focuses on affective resistance with an emphasis on the context in which resistant action emerges, and on the liberating power of laughter. It adopts the approach of ‘affective ethnograph... read more here.
Keywords: making difference; difference atmospheres; laughter; resistance ... See more keywords