Oh, the Power of a Good Laugh…

laughA Wall Street Journal article reports that, among other benefits, laughter helps us think better:  “A 1976 study by Avner Ziv of Tel Aviv University found that those who listened to a comedy album before taking a creativity test performed 20% better than those who weren’t exposed to the routine beforehand. In 1987, researchers at the University of Maryland found that watching comedy more than doubles our ability to solve brain teasers…”

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