Reading List: Therapeutic Humor and Physiological Response

Berk, L. & Tan, S. (1989). Eustress of mirthful laughter modifies natural killer cell activity. Clinical Research, 37, 115.
 
Berk, L.S., Tan, S.A., Fry, W.F., Napier, B.J., Lee, J.W. Hubbard, R.W. Lewis, J.E. & Eby, W.C. (1989) Neuroendrocrine and stress hormone changes during mirthful laughter. American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 298(6), 390-396.
 
Cousins, Norman. Head First: the Biology of Hope. NY NY: Dutton, 1989.
 
Dillon, K.M., Minchoff, B., & Baker, K.H. (1985-86). Positive emotional states and enhancement of the immune system. International Journal of Psychiatry, 15(1), 13-18.
 
Fry, W.F. (1992) The physiologic effects of humor, mirth, and laughter. Journal of the American Medical Association, 267(13), 1857-1858.
 
Fry, William F. (1971). Laughter: Is It the Best Medicine? Stanford M.D. 10 16-20.
 
Fry, William F. (1971). Mirth and Oxygen Saturation of Peripheral Blood. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 19 76-84.
 
Fry, William F. (1977). The Respiratory Components of Mirthful Laughter. The Journal of Biological Psychology 19 39-50.
 
Fry, William F. (1994). The Biology of Humor. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research 7.2 111-126.
 
Kamei, T., Kumano, H., & Masumura, S. (1997). Changes of immunoregulatory cells associated with psychological stress and humor. Percept Mot Skills, 84 (3 Pt 2), 1296-1298.
 
Lefcourt, H., Davidson-Katz, K., & Kueneman, K. (1990). Humor and immune system functioning. International Journal of Humor Research, 3 (3), 305-321.
 
Sultanoff, S. (Summer, 1999). Examining the Research on Humor: Being Cautious About Our Conclusions the "President's Column" in Therapeutic Humor, Publication of the American Association for Therapeutic Humor, Vol. XIII, (3), P. 3.