By RealAge
Has the week gotten on your last nerve? Here's a way to turn your mood around tonight. Break out a clever comedy.
Clever is the key here. Researchers say that humor is a very effective way to assuage negative feelings -- if it takes a little mental muscle to figure out the punch line. So grab the Annie Hall DVD, not Dumb and Dumber.
Distraction Action
When researchers set out to see why humor is such a mood booster, they discovered something interesting. Highly demanding stimuli were more effective in tempering bad moods than less demanding stimuli were. In other words, it's the thinking that people do to "get" jokes that helps take their mind off their troubles.
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