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Milgram observed some subjects laughing nervously when they heard the "learners'" false screams of pain. In A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness, neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran suggests that laughter is used as a defense mechanism used to guard against overwhelming anxiety. Laughter often diminishes the suffering associated with a traumatic event.
Paradoxical laughter has been consistently identified as a recurring emotional-cognitive symptom in schizophrenia diagnosis. Closely linked to paradoxical laughter is the symptom; inappropriate affect, defined by the APA Dictionary of Psychology as "emotional responses that are not in keeping with the situation or are incompatible with expressed thoughts or wishes". [3]
But chuckling is a healthy response, even when things seem bleak — especially then, in fact. Comedy and humor have long been tried and trusted ways of coping with hard times.
While some discrete emotions tend to have typical responses (e.g. crying when sad, laughing when happy), a psychological construction model can account for the wide variability in emotional expression (e.g. crying when extremely happy; laughing when uncomfortable).
"Laughing decreases the stress hormone cortisol, which helps reverse the stress response." Some early research has found that laughter decreases stress hormones, reduces artery inflammation and ...
Two-year-old Skye Gracy had just begun her latest rendition of Disney songs when she noticed her mother chuckling during her performance. The little Northern Ireland performer, convinced that her ...
Two girls laughing. Gelotology (from the Greek γέλως gelos "laughter") [1] is the study of laughter and its effects on the body, from a psychological and physiological perspective. Its proponents often advocate induction of laughter on therapeutic grounds in alternative medicine. The field of study was pioneered by William F. Fry of ...
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