February 23, 2001
The Best Medicine?
Researchers and the entertainment industry team up to study how laughter affects the health of children
On the surface, a medical study at the University of California at Los Angeles looks like an everyday research project. Under closer scrutiny, it has Hollywood written all over it.
The experiment relies on heart-rate monitors, biochemical assays, a television set, and episodes of I Love Lucy. Two medical researchers are using this assortment of tools to determine how comedy
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