Patientsanddoctorsalikehavelongbelievedinthehealing(治疗)powerofhumor.Itisclaimedthathumornotonlyaffectspatients’moodsbutcanactuallyhelpthemrecoverfaster.
Severalstudiesseemtosupportthis.Patientsinbetterspiritsareknowntohavehigherimmunecellcounts.Somehaveevenclaimedtohavehealedthemselvesofseriousillnessesbyreadingcomicsandwatchingcomedies.
Despiteallthismanyresearchersarenotconvinced.Theypointoutthefactthatmanysufferingshavebeenknowntodisappearnaturallywithorwithoutadailydoseoflaughter.Theyalsosaythatwhileoptimismingeneraldoesseemtoberelatedtobetterhealthitishardtotellwhichcomesfirst.
Humorintimesofstresshoweverclearlymakesusfeelbetter.Ononelevelittakesourmindsoffourtroublesandrelaxesus.Onanotheritreleasespowerfulendorphinsachemicalproducedbyyourbodythatreducespain.
Therearecaseswheretheappreciationofagoodjokeisindeeddirectlyrelatedtoaperson’shealth.Itcanshowforexamplewhetherapersonhassuffereddamagetooneparticularareaofthebrain:therightfrontallobe(额叶).
Scientistsconfirmedthisbyhavingpeoplereadjokesandaskingthemtochoosethefunniestendingsfromalist.Subjectswithnormalbrainsusuallychoseendingsthatwerebasedonarelativelycomplexsynthesis(综合)ofideas.Subjectswithspecificallylocatedbraindamagehoweverrespondedonlytoslapstick(闹剧)endingswhichdidnotdependonaparticularcontext.Whenpressedthebrain-damagedsubjectssawthelogicinthecorrectendings.Theysimplydidnotfindthemfunny.
Ofcoursehumorislargelyanindividualmatter.Nexttimeyourfrienddoesnotgetoneofyourjokesthereisnoneedtoaccusehimofbeingalamebrain.Howeveryoumightsuggestthathelightenup—forthehealthofit.
63.Wecaninferfromthepassagethat________.
A.allresearchershaveagreedonthehealingpowerofhumor
B.peopleseldomaccusetheirfriendsofnotunderstandingjokes
C.theauthorholdsapositiveattitudetothehealingpowerofhumor
D.readingcomicswillsurelybecomeapopularwayoftreatingdiseases
64.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?
A.Manyresea