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October 21, 2004
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Where a laugh is worth a thousand words
Carl Marci has led the first objective study of the role of laughter during psychotherapy. 'Many therapists have been caught up in the old notion that laughter only signifies humor, and have questioned whether using it in therapy is appropriate. We think it is.' (Staff photo Rose Lincoln/Harvard News Office)
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HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES
Laughing it up in psychotherapy
It can be seriously contagious
Childhood cancer survivors at increased risk of breast cancer
Brain battles itself over short-term rewards, long-term goals
Implications range from economic theory to addiction research
Panelists decry state of global reproductive health
Diagnosis of reproductive health not good
Research in brief
Muscle-wasting mechanism found; major molecular pathway for diabetes identified
Lichtman probes battle of nerves
An internal 'survival of the fittest'
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