Jokes and Laughter - brain exercise
April 11th 2007 02:56
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I have found the reference of the biological basis for how jokes and laughter affect the brain and what areas come into play.
Strict copyright restrictions set out by the authors of this article prohibit its reproduction, but at the end of this post I'll give some short reference to its content and the file link which will overcome that problem.
There's another blog which is useful but I don't want to include that link as I think some of his findings are contrary to other Scientific studies but I think part of the post is very beneficial to this post.
This is from OUTSIDERS blog:
Laugh for five minutes in the mirror each morning. Steve Martin does. Laughter activates many beneficial chemicals within the body that place us into a very joyous state. Laughter also returns the body to a state of balance. Laughter therapy has been regularly used to heal persons with varied ailments and is a wonderful tonic for life's ills. While the average 4 year old laughs 500 times a day, the average adult is lucky to laugh 15 times a day. Revitalize the habit of laughter, it will put far more living into your life.
This does tend to support the idea of how good laughter is for you.
He also mentions "It was recently reported that members of the Tauripan tribe of South America have a ritual where they awake in the middle of the night to tell each other jokes. Even tribesmen in the deepest sleep wake to enjoy the laugh and then return ..."
I can't say that one has much appeal for me, but how about you?
Now for the Biology News reference which starts off "Jokes activate brain reward region"
Laughter is a drug, sounds good?
So here is the reference for the link
So, it seems, jokes and laughter are a good combination for brain exercise and brain health.
What do you think? and how do you feel?
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