Schauer Thoughts Speculating About: “Trauma Making Us Funny”
Yes, trauma can be funny and “make” us funny to some degree! Sure! But here on Schauer Thoughts, a podcast for left and right brainers, we simply must explore the psychological crevices. Hopefully we can all laugh about this later and enjoy the endorphin rush.
Resources:
Ancient & Healthy: The Science of Laughter
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/315290#The-neuroscience-of-laughter
Effects of Mirthful Laughter on Pain Tolerance: A randomized controlled investigations
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1360859219301184
Social Laughter is Correlated with an Elevated Pain Threshold
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3267132/#RSPB20111373C35
The informational and facilitative effects of an audience upon expression and the evaluation of humorous stimuli
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0022103175900165
Neural Basis of the Behavioral Contagion and Authenticity of Laughter
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010945221002380?via%3Dihub
Laughing Through the Pain: An Analysis of Dark Humor in Trauma-and-Crisis Centered Occupations
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2550&context=honorstheses
Alt-Right Pipeline Indoctrination
https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/10108
“Evolutionary Stages of Minorities in the Mass Media” An Application of Clark’s Model to American Indian Television Representations
Books:
Humour - Terry Eagleton
Proust Was a Neuroscientist - Jonah Lehrer
If any resources are missing please feel free to ask me and I’ll get back to you ASAP.
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