An ode to joy

It’s not just the economy that’s in the doldrums. New research says we’re going through a ’laughter recession’.

IT’S probably never occurred to you to calculate your laughter rate, but experts say this fundamental part of human behaviour can have a host of benefits on health and overall wellbeing.

“Laughing 100 times is equivalent to doing a 10-minute workout on a rowing machine,” says consultant psychologist Anjula Mutanda.