Тяжелобольных пациентов челябинский доктор ставит на ноги самыми обычными анекдотами и пантомимами. Уникальный метод нормализует давление и даже помогает в лечении рака. На прием к психотерапевту пациенты спешат с удовольствием. Доктор смешит людей до слез, зато после дружного хохота они покидают его сеансы полные сил и здоровья, пишет Life News. 38-летний Андрей Скутин уже десять [...]

Best-selling author and professional speaker Allen Klein lost his wife to a rare liver disease when she was 34, leaving him with a young daughter. While this is certainly not a funny story, this does not mean that it is completely devoid of humor. Connecting humor and death may seem inappropriate. After all what could [...]

………………………………. Who is Who – 1 – start here …………………………….. ………………………………… Daemmrich Ingrid G. Ingrid G. Daemmrich has been an active member of the International Society for Humor Studies since 1990. Each spring she teaches a course in humor in literature for freshmen at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The course aligns the various expressions [...]

http://www.phoenixartspace.com/video/23 All human beings have language, a sense of humor, and give names to things, people, and places–yet there is nearly infinite variety in how we express ourselves, in what we find funny, and what names mean to us. This month, Inside Creative Minds features Dr. Don L.F. Nilsen and Dr. Alleen Pace Nilsen, linguists [...]

The Laughing Brain 1: How We Laugh Purpose To explore gelotology (the science of laughter) and its benefits to our social, mental, and physical well-being. Context This lesson is the first of a two-part series on laughter and how it can affect the immune system. By the end of middle school, students should understand two [...]