Mirthful Laughter and Directed Relaxation: a Comparison of Physiological Response
Description:
The differences among certain physiological changes occurring in response to mirthful laughter, directed relaxation, and verbal speech were investigated. These changes included amount of muscle tension, as measured with surface electromyography, in the forehead and in the upper body as recorded from the forearms bilaterally, peripheral surface skin temperature, heart rate, and respiration rate. The study sought to determine whether the net effect of laughter, as measured on these five variables…
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Date:
August 1985
Creator:
Woods, Barbara Jane Simmons
Partner:
UNT Libraries