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Get out to live comedy for better mental and physical health, say psychologists
03 February 2025
"Laughter is a powerful psychological tool," says Editor of the Psychologist magazine and Leicester Comedy Festival Trustee Dr Jon Sutton.
- Health
- Health and wellbeing
- Mental health
- Psychology Matters
- Social and behavioural
Teaching trauma-informed practice through comedy
13 June 2024
When Edel McGlanaghy decided to talk about trauma with comedy, she realised the subjects are not a million miles apart…
- Clinical
- Crisis, disaster and trauma
- Work and occupational
Interview: Rich pickings in comedy
12 April 2013
Richard Wiseman, Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, talks to comedian Richard Herring.
- Creativity
New Voices: Comedy and psychology - a personal perspective
16 April 2013
Rob Bailey with the latest in our series for budding writers.
- Social and behavioural
The comforting power of comedy is due to more than just distraction
23 September 2015
The findings are certainly consistent with the idea that, if nothing else, laughter may be the chink of light that reminds us even the darkest days will end eventually.
- Emotion
Big picture - Where brains and comedy collide
18 December 2011
Zarinah Agnew (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) performs at London's Bright Club. E-mail 'Big picture' ideas to [email protected]
- Brain
How many psychologists does it take... to explain a joke?
05 April 2013
Christian Jarrett investigates the psychology of humour and comedy.
- Cognition and perception
- Social and behavioural
Exercises in unlikability
09 November 2022
Marc Hye-Knudsen, Aarhus University, reviews two new dark comedy series that get the audience to root for and find humour in murder; 'Bad Sisters', and 'Am I Being Unreasonable?'.
- Emotion
- Ethics and morality
- Violence and trauma
‘On stage, being authentically me is the easiest thing ever’
02 January 2024
We met comedian and writer Fern Brady at the PDA Society’s recent comedy fundraiser in Hackney. Here, we share a little about Pathological Demand Avoidance and hear from Fern on identity, disclosure and support.
- Autism
- Neurodiversity
Where is the love?
11 March 2020
Chrissie Fitch MBPsS attends opening night of one-woman comedy musical ‘Lovecraft (Not the Sex Shop in Cardiff)’ at the Soho Theatre in London.
- Sex and gender
Book reviews, July 2006
18 July 2006
Double Dutch, comedy, tragedy and psycho-babbling for beginners.
- BPS updates
After laughing, people are more willing to share personal details about themselves
07 April 2015
New research suggests that part of the reason may be that the act of laughter encourages personal disclosure: we chuckle out our secrets.
- Emotion
- Social and behavioural
Jimmy Carr: drug dealer and assassin
16 September 2016
Pernille Frisvoll reviews a Horizon special on laughter.
- Emotion
- Periodicals
- Periodicals
From laughter to action: An investigation into the effects of affiliative comedy
Series: Psychology of Sexualities Review Volume: 12 Issue: 2
Date of Publication: 01-01-2021
Author(s): Susie Johnson, Fabio Fasoli
View From laughter to action: An investigation into the effects of affiliative comedy‘Laff Yer Heid Aff’: The role of comedy inincreasing public awareness of common mental health problems
Series: Clinical Psychology Forum Volume: 1 Issue: 187
Date of Publication: 01-07-2008
Author(s): Ruth Jamieson, Ruth Donnelly, Jim White
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01-08-1923
Selective viewing: Cognition, personality and television genres
01-09-1994
- Joan M. Preston
- Shirley A. Clair
Perceptions of television violence: Effects of programme genre and type of violence on viewers' judgements of violent portrayals
01-06-1984
- Barrie Gunter
- Adrian Furnham
A qualitative examination of affect and ideology within mass media interventions to increase HIV testing with gay men garnered from a systematic review
31-07-2020
- Darren Langdridge
- Paul Flowers
- Julie Riddell
- Nicola Boydell
- Gemma Teal
- Nicky Coia
- Lisa McDaid
OUTLINES OF RESEARCHES REPORTED IN THESES PRESENTED FOR HIGHER DEGREES OR DIPLOMAS
01-06-1939
- ALEXANDER LAING
Narrative roles in criminal action: An integrative framework for differentiating offenders
11-04-2011
- Donna Youngs
- David V. Canter
Independent effects of word concreteness and word valence on immediate serial recall
09-04-2022
- Chi‐Shing Tse
- Jeanette Altarriba
Reducing information avoidance: The effectiveness of humour, cute animals and coping messages
28-08-2024
- Heather Orom
- Natasha C. Allard
- Jennifer L. Hay
- Marc T. Kiviniemi
- Erika A. Waters
- Amy McQueen
THE EMOTIONAL RESPONSES OF ADOLESCENT GROUPS TO CERTAIN FILMS: Part I
01-11-1950
- W. D. WALL
- W. A. SIMSON
Does mood influence text processing and comprehension? Evidence from an eye-movement study
23-05-2015
- Sara Scrimin
- Lucia Mason
Imagery rescripting for psychological disorder following cancer: A case study
07-01-2011
- Katriina L. Whitaker
- Chris R. Brewin
- Maggie Watson
Television and personal threat: fact or artifact? A British survey
01-09-1982
- Mallory Wober
- Barrie Gunter
Speaking with virtual humans: Assessing social cognition in traumatic brain injury with a second-person perspective task
28-06-2021
- Noémie Moreau
- Emmanuelle Taché
- Maud Champagne‐Lavau
Children's human figure drawings in the UK and Japan: The effects of age, sex and culture
23-12-2010
- Maureen V. Cox
- Masuo Koyasu
- Hiromasa Hiranuma
- Julian Perara