Appreciation of humor is decreased among patients with Parkinson's disease

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 144-148

  Thaler, Avner ^a   Posen, Jennie ^a   Giladi, Nir ^a   Manor, Yael ^a   Mayanz, Connie ^a   Mirelman, Anat ^a   Gurevich, Tanya ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Humor; Parkinson's disease; Sense of humor questionnaire (SHQ 6)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSE OF HUMOR QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC;

EID: 84856210537     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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