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eCAM Advance Access published online on December 5, 2007
eCAM, doi:10.1093/ecam/nem149
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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 IV. Humor and Immune Function

Mary Payne Bennett1 and Cecile Lengacher2

1Western Kentucky University, School of Nursing and 2University of South Florida

This is the final article in a four part series reviewing the influence of humor and laughter on physiological and psychological well-being. This final article reviews the evidence for the effect of sense of humor, exposure to a humor stimulus and laughter on various immune system components, with a focus on the effects of laughter on natural killer cell cytotoxicity.

Keywords: Humor – Laughter – Immune Function – Psychoneuroimmunology

For reprints and all correspondence: Mary Payne Bennett, Western Kentucky University, School of Nursing, AC Room 113D, 1906 College Heights Blvd # 11036, Bowling Green, KY 42101-1036, USA. E-mail: mary.bennett{at}wku.edu

Received July 25, 2007; accepted July 26, 2007


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