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Humor and Laughter should be used as coping
mechanisms for stress, though it seems to
only be used as an outlet for the emotion
produced by humor or happiness. Do we laugh
because we are happy, or are we happy
because we laugh? Many times a humorous
speaker can help us to see the light in the
darkness situations. Both of these are
probably true, but we only exercise the
former. Laughter is a fascinating phenomenon
that works like a medicine. Although most
drugs affect everyone differently, laughter
is always the same. It exercises your entire
body causing you to feel relaxed and pain
free. And this is where a professional
humorous speaker can help you improve your
next meeting or event. The fact that
laughter and humorous speaking is good for
one's health should be quite evident. So why
not laugh? When one laughs, it is like
taking a drug, yet there is no such thing as
an overdose or, "laughter toxicity," as
humorous speaker, Dr. Madan Kataria says.
Maybe we can now say "A laugh a day keeps
the doctor away." Dr. Kataria is a world
authority on laughter and humorous speaking
There’s no doubt that laughter feels good,
and that a humorous speaker can help, but is
there real neurophysiology behind it and
what can you do about it? In a paper being
presented in an American Physiological
Society session at Experimental Biology
2006, humorous speaker, Lee S. Berk of Loma
Linda University, reports that not only is
there real science and psychophysiology, but
just the anticipation of the “mirthful
laughter” provided by humorous speakers
involved in watching your favorite funny
movie has some very surprising and
significant neuroendocrine/hormone effects.
According to Humorous Speaker Berk: “The
blood drawn from experimental subjects just
before they watched the video had 27% more
beta-endorphins and 87% more human growth
hormone, compared to blood from the control
group, which didn’t anticipate the watching
of a humorous video. Between blood pulls,
the control group stayed in a waiting room
and could choose from a wide variety of
magazines,” he explained. *Paper
presentation: “Beta-Endorphin and HGH
increase are associated with both the
anticipation and experience of mirthful
laughter, through humorous speakers” 12:30
p.m. - 3 p.m. Sunday April 2, APS Behavioral
neuroscience & drug abuse Section abstract
233.18/board #C706. Research was by humorous
speaker, Lee S. Berk, Department of Health
Promotion and Education, School of Public
Health and Department of Pathology, School
of Medicine, Loma Linda University; humorous
speaker, Stanley A. Tan, Oakcrest Health
Research Institute, Yucaipa; and humorous
speaker, James Westengard, Dept. of
Pathology, School of Medicine; Berk is
associated with all three institutions and
humorous speakers. HGH, endorphin difference
is long-lasting; setting the baseline and
environment is key Berk said that the strong
difference between the two groups in terms
of human growth hormone (HGH) and
beta-endorphin blood levels was maintained
from just prior to the beginning of video
watching, throughout the hour of viewing and
afterwards, also.
Most laughter has nothing to do with jokes,
concludes researcher and humorous speaker,
Prof. Robert Provine. For years he has
studied laughter, humorous speaking and
humorous speakers and what provokes it. Some
of Provine's conclusions: * Less than 20% of
laughter was in response to anything
resembling a joke * People and humorous
speakers are 30 times more likely to laugh
in groups than alone (hence, TV's laugh
tracks) * Female humorous speakers laugh
more than male humorous speakers, except
when they are listening to a woman * The
talker chuckles nearly 50% more than his/her
listener does. If you follow these tried and
true steps to laugh more, you will see that
you are managing your stress better through
the use of humor and humorous speakers. |
