While an absurdist Kids in the Hall sketch might light up different circuits in the brain. The mechanics of our brains are beyond intriguing but can watching comedies like Schitt's Creek , Workin' Moms or Kim's Convenience be that special mental or physical remedy? Is laughter really the best medicine? Joti Samra , clinic founder of Dr.
Joti Samra, R. So, laughter alone isn't going to solve it but it is one of the ones that is the most accessible to us on a day-to-day basis.
If we look at adaptive coping, she continues, through watching comedy we can keep perspective, add some lightness and have that air of gratitude because it can poke light at something and instill a positive emotion. Shira Gabriel , an associate professor of psychology at SUNY, University at Buffalo, also agrees that comedy lightens the mood and can provide a space where the worries we have and everything that is going on around us in this world don't exist.
Providing further details, Dr. Rutledge explains: "Humour, when it's actually funny, has social and physical benefits: laughter releases neurotransmitters responsible for your happiness, such as dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphins.
Samra agrees saying that just the physical act of smiling leads to the release of those exact positive feel good hormones in our brains which she calls the "natural antidepressants. ScienceDaily reported that in a study published by the American Physiological Society researchers found that even the mere anticipation of laughter lowered the levels of three stress hormones.
Cortisol the stress hormone , epinephrine also known as adrenaline and dopac brain chemical which helps produce epinephrine were reduced by 39, 70 and 38 percent respectively.
This in turn creates a relaxed environment for both the mind and the body, eliminating negative emotions and changing our brain activity toward gamma frequency which also increases memory recall. The use of humour can enable people to not only decrease negative emotion but distance themselves from adversity and hardship, says Dr. Rutledge, adding: "If you consider that positive emotions fuel optimism, efficacy and resilience, then it makes sense that humour can contribute to overcoming challenges.
A few studies corroborate that theory, including a study in the Journal of Dental and Medical Research, where humour therapy was performed on 40 patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment for advanced kidney failure. Why would a person choose a drama to see? There are many reasons and answers to that question. The first thought that comes to my mind is people want to watch something that moves them, something that they find to be heartfelt or heart wrenching, something they can immerse themselves in.
Like comedies, people who have a tough life might go to a drama to get away. Actually, for some, it is. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to perform a dramatic part.
Maybe they channel something deep within that relates them to the character. If we find a joke offensive, we protest by not laughing at it. In many ways, Quirk says, the sorts of observations made by comics such as Long are reinforced by her recent academic work, which has involved lengthy interviews with jobbing comics.
While you do sometimes just need something silly to watch, comedy has much greater resonance than it tends to be given credit for. The best comedians, he argues, are our most effective anthropologists and cultural critics. A good joke packs a harder punch than many other forms of dialogue, and it can reach people who would otherwise be unwilling to listen Credit: Getty Images.
British comic Stephen K Amos sells out venues seating thousands, year in, year out, and has successful BBC Radio 4 programmes under his belt. And while it may be difficult to quantify, he says, the social and psychological impact of comedy warrants much greater recognition.
The research backs this up. Although the role of comedy is to be entertaining first and foremost, through interviewing comedians, Sharon Lockyer , a sociology lecturer and the director of the Centre for Comedy Studies Research at Brunel University, has identified a number of possible other functions.
In the old days it was just about doing jokes. As an example of what comedy can do, Amos tells the story of a teenager who came up to him after a gig that featured Amos relaying his own tale of coming out as gay to his family. And if that means challenging your preconceived ideas about who I am, great. We can run with that. It validates shared experiences, gets us to think more flexibly and reframe situations in this shared experience we call life. As the cop-turned-comedian Alfie Moore points out, "if they are laughing, they are listening" - meaning you can spread your message to more people Credit: Getty Images.
People come to his shows with their own ideas about policing, Moore says, but can leave with their perceptions altered about what the job is and how it slots into society. I had no influence. The Radio 4 show got 1. Don't have an account yet? Create one now! Already have an account? Log in now! JavaScript seem to be disabled in your browser. You must have JavaScript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website.
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