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Laugh and Everyone Laughs With You
Laughter is really good medicine and, if you've ever felt the joy of a really good laughfest, you know what I mean. It seems to clear the mind and free the good emotions so that we get a dose of health all rolled into the sound of joy.
Now, researchers are telling us that laughter is actually contagious and that's interesting because we've always known about contagious anxiety. Want a hurt child to not wail hysterically? Be calm and reassuring and contain your anxiety and watch the result in terms of the child's reactions.
The scientists in London found there's actually a part of the brain that responds to laughter and it's the part that helps us mirror other people's responses to things. Remember the child and the mirroring that went on there? So, here we have a way to spread the joy and our brains help without our even thinking about it.
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Now, researchers are telling us that laughter is actually contagious and that's interesting because we've always known about contagious anxiety. Want a hurt child to not wail hysterically? Be calm and reassuring and contain your anxiety and watch the result in terms of the child's reactions.
The scientists in London found there's actually a part of the brain that responds to laughter and it's the part that helps us mirror other people's responses to things. Remember the child and the mirroring that went on there? So, here we have a way to spread the joy and our brains help without our even thinking about it.
Related Topics:
Technorati Tags: anxiety, panic attacks, laughter
