2015•Unpublished venueRequires access

Laughter and Amusement’s Buffering Effect on Stress: An Experimental Design

Nora K. Kline

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There is currently a significant amount of hype surrounding laughter and its effects, but there is a lot less excitement concerning the positive emotion that tends to compel laughter: amusement. The purpose of the current study was to make the distinction between laughter and amusement and observe the stress buffering effects of those different components. Under the Direction of Dr. Leslie Kirby and Craig Smith PSY-296B Honors Thesis; Dr. Bachorowski

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Key concepts: Amusement, Laughter, Psychology, Stress (linguistics), Social psychology, Aesthetics, Cognitive psychology, Art