Humour and healing

Italian friends having a good laugh in Florence in 1982
Italian friends having a good laugh in Florence in 1982 (© Marijke van der Meer)

We know humour is good for our health, but why is this so? What is the science behind the healing that comes from a good laugh? This is one of the questions science editor Anne Blair Gould tries to answer in this programme.

The speakers include:
– Dr. Peter Spitzer, founder of the Humour Foundation Australia
– Frank “Appletree” Rodden, professor of neurochemistry 
– Dr. Ruth Dean, University of Manitoba, faculty of nursing
– Medical Sociologist Louise Woodward, Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust


Producer: Anne Blair Gould

Broadcast: June 25, 2005