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eCAM Advance Access originally published online on May 17, 2007
eCAM 2008 5(1):37-40; doi:10.1093/ecam/nem041
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© 2007 The Author(s).
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Humor and Laughter May Influence Health: III. Laughter and Health Outcomes

Mary Payne Bennett1 and Cecile Lengacher2

1Indiana State University College of Nursing and 2University of South Florida

This is part three of a four-part series reviewing the evidence on how humor influences physiological and psychological well-being. The first article included basic background information, definitions and a review of the theoretical underpinnings for this area of research. The second article discussed use of humor as a complementary therapy within various clinical samples, as well as evidence concerning how a sense of humor influences physiological and psychological wellbeing. This third article examines how laughter influences health outcomes; including muscle tension, cardio-respiratory functioning and various stress physiology measures.

Keywords: humor – health – laughter – physiology

For reprints and all correspondence: Mary Payne Bennett, Indiana State University College of Nursing, 749 Chestnut Street, Terre Haute, IN 47809. E-mail: mbennett2{at}isugw.indstate.edu

Received January 23, 2007; accepted February 16, 2007


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