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Information Explosion

Three Types of Biological Inquiry (Sylwester 2000)

☺ Evolutionary Psychology (behavior)☺ Genetics (cells)☺ Imaging Technology (brains)

Memory and EmotionsIt’s all about ME!

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New Finding!Research Causes Cancer in Rats

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AATH

Pioneers

Thanks to Dr. Earl Henslin, “Your Brain on Joy” for permission to print these!

Brain Scans are giving us more information. .

Peaceful Brain Anxious, Worried, Depressed Brain

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Strong Memories

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A Closer Look at Humor

What is Therapeutic Humor?

Therapeutic humor is any intervention that promotes health and wellness by stimulating a playful discovery,

expression, or appreciation of the absurdity or incongruity of life’s situations.

AATH Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor

Humor/Laughter

Humor• Reduces negative emotional

consequences of stress, anxiety, and tension

• Decreases depression, loneliness, and anger

• Improves mood• Increases self-esteem• Promotes a sense of

empowerment

Laughter• Increases pain tolerance

and threshold• Improves respiration and

breathing• Improves mental

functioning (alertness, creativity, and memory)

• Exercises facial, abdominal, and thoracic muscles

• Relaxes muscles

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TextChpt 1. Printed with permission from Ronald A Berk; Mirthium

Handout # 6

Take a Laughter Break