Back to Search Start Over

Effectiveness of humor on short term memory function in elderly subjects

Authors :
Ernie Schwab
Gurinder Bains
Prema Pawar
Lee Berk
Jerrold S. Petrofsky
Everett Lohman
Noha Daher
Pooja Deshpande
Source :
The FASEB Journal. 26
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
Wiley, 2012.

Abstract

With ageing, the damaging effects of stress can impair the ability to learn and sustain memory. The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the effect of watching a humor video on short term mem...

Subjects

Subjects :
medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject
education
food and beverages
Short-term memory
Audiology
Biochemistry
Term (time)
Ageing
embryonic structures
Genetics
medicine
Psychology
Function (engineering)
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
media_common

Details

ISSN :
15306860 and 08926638
Volume :
26
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The FASEB Journal
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........ecfb8d7d2e34105eb94d656f2ab4c801
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.lb834
Full Text Access
View/download PDF

Tools

Authors Abstract Subjects Details