Laughter Research

What?! There is scientific data on is the fact there are health benefits to laughter. John Hopkins University Medical School found that laughter helps people improve their memory and mental health and performance. In other words, laughter is therapeutic.

• Article

  • https://www.blackenterprise.com/laughter-is-the-medicine-we-can-all-use-more-of/

  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0965229911000574 -  Elsevier

• Other research shows that a giggle here and there can help you boost your immunity, decrease blood pressure, help with blood flow to your organs, and reduce pain.

  • https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-8721.00204

• The Healing Power of Laughter

  • https://www.blackenterprise.com/the-healing-power-of-laughter/

  • The American Association for Therapeutic Humor says one of the things too often missing from our day is a good laugh. A 1996 study of hundreds of adults found happiness to be directly related to humor, not merely to life circumstances. The study reported that those with the ability to laugh are 30% more likely to be happy than those without.

  • Other studies have linked humor to creativity, productivity, health, and even the physical recovery process. So, it stands to reason that humor can also help turn our mental and spiritual struggles around.