Hudak D A, Dale J A, Hudak M A, DeGood D E
Department of Psychology, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335.
Psychol Rep. 1991 Dec;69(3 Pt 1):779-86. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1991.69.3.779.
The effects of humor on increasing discomfort thresholds were tested with Transcutaneous End Nerve Stimulation (TENS). Undergraduate students (n = 31) with high or low scores on Martin and Lecourt's Situational Humor Questionnaire were randomly assigned to a humor or nonhumor condition. Discomfort thresholds for TENS were assessed before and during treatment. There was a significant increase in discomfort thresholds in the humorous treatment compared to the nonhumorous condition. Evidence was found for subjects to smile "wryly" (an increase in zygomatic and corrugator tensions) more during humorous stimuli than nonhumorous stimuli when they were waiting to be stimulated with the TENS.
通过经皮神经电刺激（TENS）测试了幽默对提高不适阈值的影响。根据马丁和勒古尔特的情境幽默问卷得分高低，将31名本科生随机分为幽默组或非幽默组。在治疗前和治疗期间评估TENS的不适阈值。与非幽默组相比，幽默组的不适阈值有显著提高。有证据表明，当受试者等待接受TENS刺激时，在幽默刺激期间比在非幽默刺激期间“苦笑”（颧骨和皱眉肌张力增加）更多。
