References: Humor Section

Electronic Sources
WWW sites

1. Beaubien, Greg "Psychology- Laughter, It's the Best Medicine" http://victorvalley.com/health&law/hlaw-oct/psych.htm

2. Berk, Dr. Lee "Laughter may help healing" http://abcnews.go.com/onair/worldnewstonight/health/wnt_laugh981204_story.html

3. Benowitz, Steven "Psychoneuroimmunology Finds Acceptance As Science Adds Evidence" http://165.123.33.33/yr1996/august/research_960819.html

4. Braverman, Sharon A. "Homoeopathic Practitioners" http://www.laughter.com/cgi-bin/imagemap/maps/laughter.map?55,536

5. Bull, Mike "Pun of the Day!" http://www.escape.ca/~pun/pofthed.htm

6. Buxman, Karen "HUMORx" http://www.humorx.com/

7. Chudler, Eric H. Ph.D. "Neuroscience for Kids-Laughter and the Brain" http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/laugh.html

8. Clay, R., Laughter may be no laughing matter. http://www.apa.org/monitor/sep97/mirth.html

9. Clay, R., Researchers help unravel the mechanics of laughter. http://www.apa.org/monitor/sep97/giggle.html

10. Dicks, Kenneth G. "Laughter is Good Medicine" http://www.exploitschamber.nf.ca/pharm5.htm

11. Diggs, Tammie S. "Laughter, Is it Healthy?" http://fly.hiwaay.net/~garson/laughter.htm

12. Dunn, Joseph R. Ph.D. "HUMOR AND HEALTH JOURNAL" http://www.intop.net/~jrdunn

13. Dye, Lee :ABCNEWS.com: Humor on the Brain. http://204.202.137.111/sections/science/DyeHard/dye990414.html

14. Escudier, E., Three Basic Theories on why we laugh. http://www.pen.eiu.edu/~cume2/theories.htm

15. Fowler, Steve "Bumper the Clown's Wonderful World!!!" http://www.bumpertheclown.com/

16. Franck, M., The Healing Power of Laughter: http://mesa.colorado.edu/~jshern/molly/BRAIN.HTM

17. Fry, William F. MD "Ounce of Prevention" http://www.med.stanford.edu/center/communications/Stanmed/Fall95/mirth.html

18. Holmes, B. "Titter ye not" http://www.newscientist.com/nsplus/insight/emotions/laugh.html

19. Goodheart, Annette, Ph.D "Laughter Therapy- Introduction" http://www.teehee.com/

20. Griffiths J. "How The Brain Assimilates Humor" http://mesa.colorado.edu/~jshern/molly/BRAIN.HTM

21. Herrick, Jenny "An Apple a Day- Its Laughter we're after!" http://www.siouxlan.com/stlukes/HL-HUM7.HTM

22. Junkins, Enda "Laughter Therapy Homepage" http://www.laughtertherapy.com/

23. Kratzer, Bill "Buppa's World of Humor" http://home.epix.net/~buppa/humor.html

24. LaRoche, Loretta "The Humor Potential" http://www.stressed.com/pages/home.html

25. McGhee, Paul E. Ph.D. "Psychoneuroimmunology and Humor" http://www.touchstarpro.com/psni-humor.html

26. McGhee, Paul E. Ph.D "Welcome to The Laughter Remedy" http://www.laughterremedy.com/

27. Meek, Chet "Chet Meek's Page of Puns" http://www.agt.net/public/meek/puns.htm

28. Montgomery, Dana J. "Information on Clowning" http://CheesecakeAndFriends.com/clowning.asp

29. O'Dell, Kathryn "International Clown Hall Of Fame Main page" http://www.webdom.com/chof/

30. Olson, P., The Heart of Laughter : A groundbreaking study reveals how the brain processes humour http://www.wm.edu/wmnews/research/laughter.html

30. Provine, Robert R., American Scientist: Articles "Laughter" http://www.amsci.org/amsci/articles/96articles/Provine-R.html

31. Provine, Robert, Ph.D "A big mystery: Why do we laugh?" http://msnbc.com/news/273621.asp#BODY

32. Rendell-Smock, Shara "Think You're Funny?" Part 1 of 5. http://www.sideroad.com/health/column9.html

33. Rendell-Smock, Shara "What The Experts Say" Part 2 of 5. http://www.sideroad.com/health/column10.html

34. Rendell-Smock, Shara "A Matter Of Perspective" Part 3 of 5. http://www.sideroad.com/health/column11.html

35. Rendell-Smock, Shara "Humour As a Coping Mechanism" Part 4 of 5. http://www.sideroad.com/health/column12.html

36. Rendell-Smock, Shara "Wooten In-depth on Humour and Coping" Part 5 of 5. http://www.sideroad.com/health/column13.html

37. Saunders, Melvin D. "Self-Healing and Your 100% Brain" http://www.tiac.net/users/seeker/selfheal.html

38. Schwartz, L., (1999) "Laughter is the best medicine" http://www.theage.com.au/daily/990420/education/news1.html

39. Sowell, C, "Is laughter the best medicine?" http://www.mdausa.org/publications/Quest/q34laughter.html

40. Sultanoff, Steven M., Ph.D. "Humor Matters Homepage" http://humormatters.com/index.html

41. Veatch, Thomas C. "A Theory of Humor" http://www.sprex.com/else/humor/paper/humor.html

42. Veatch, Thomas C. "Veatch's Theory of Humor (Short version)" http://www.sprex.com/else/humor/summary.9907.html

43. Viegas, J., (1999) Study: Humor's on the brain. http://eagle2.online.discovery.com/news/archive/news990406/brief4.html

44. Wilde, Larry "Up Your Laughter Quotient" http://www.larrywilde.com/lzone.htm

45. Wooten, Patty "Jest for the Health of it!" http://www.mother.com/JestHome/

46. Wooten, Patty "Laughter as Therapy for Patient and Caregiver" http://www.mother.com/JestHome/PULMONARY.HTML

47. (multiple authors) American Association for Therapeutic Humor. http://aath.org/

48. (no author) Children's Humor. http://npin.org/pnews/1998/pnew298/pnew298f.html

49. (no author) Clowning: The Ethnography. http://www.goshen.edu/~dougnl/clown.html#ethnography

50. (no author) "Dr. William Fry discusses the healing effects of humor" http://208.229.231.93/health/humor/wfrychat.html

51. (multiple authors) "Humor and Health" http://www.augsburg.edu/psych/vml/humor.html

52. (no Author) Feeling Good. http://www.deaconess-healthcare.com/library/generalhealthcare/feelinggood.html

53. (no author) Funstuff. http://jqt.com/

54. (no author) Laughter, the Best Medicine. http://dune.srhs.k12.nj.us/WWW/research/june97/laughter/laughter.htm

55. (no author) Rose's Humor Page. http://www.wanderers2.com/rose/humor.html

56. (no Author) Senses and Behaviour: Why do we laugh? http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/Social/Senses/s00187c.html

57. (no author) The Benefits of Laughter are no Joke! http://www.cmhhospital.org/caring/029708a.html

58. (no author) The SMQ: Self Test. http://208.229.231.93/health/stress/health.smqself.html

59. (no Author) Why do people feel better when they laugh? http://www.columbian.com/kids/druniverse/laugh.html

Printed Materials
Entire Books

1. Jaurega, Jose Antonio. Emotional Computer. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1995.

2. Cousins, N., (1989), Head First: the Biology of Hope, E. P. Dutton, New York

3. Klein, A, (1989), The Healing Power of the Mind, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, New York

4. Wooten, P, (1996), Compassionate Laughter, Commune-A-Key Publishing, Salt Lake City.

Printed Materials
Periodicals

1. Veatch, T. "A Theory of Humor." International Journal of Humor Research. May, 1998.

2. "Laugh and be Well." Psychology Today. 1987 Vol 21, No. 10, p.28.

3. "Sick Jokes, Healthy Workers." Psychology Today. 1993, Vol 26 No.4., p.18

CGI Resources

Graphic Credits
Animated GIFs

1. billclinton.gif at /25500/humor/culture.htm from http://geocities.com/SouthBeach/5716/Jokes/funpics.html . Permission given on web site.

2. chimpno.gif at /25500/humor/recenttheories.shtml from http://www.gifworld.com/mainframe.php3?page=detail.php3&Name=ani_cat.gif . Permission given on web site.

3. ghostsilly.gif at /25500/humor/tellingjoke.htm from http://animatedgifs.simplenet.com/ . Permission given on web site.

Graphic Credits
Photos

1. Image of Nancy Nurse at /25500/humor/media/nancynurse.jpg from Compassoniate Laughter, Patty Wooten, , August 1999. Email message.

2. Image of Patch Adams at /25500/humor/media/patch2.jpg from The World Laughter Tour, Inc., Steve Wilson, , August 1999. Email message.

3. Image of Patch Adams at /25500/humor/media/patch3.jpg from http://www.joantinei.com, Joan Tinei, , August 1999. Email message.

4. Image of Clown at /25500/humor/media/clown3.gif from Canan Grall, past student of Ballarat Secondary College. Used with his permission.

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