Everybody loves a good joke. I’m still laughing at the red fox who swipes every golf ball it spots in
Complete Michael Kerr’s quiz to rewire your brain and find ways to add more laughter and life where you work. 
There's a downside to humor that fewer people are aware of ... and it relates to how your brain rewires itself daily. Have you ever looked closely at message behind the jokes you prefer though? Few would disagree that laughter is powerful as a stimulant to build new neuron pathways in your brain and it also raises the immune system and adds overall health. 
Whenever we focus on … or laugh at most … determines how the brain rewires itself to share our lives and success rates.
For example… over time… seniors who laugh at common stereotypes of aging or people who laugh at gambling and wild living… are more apt to live those negative stereotypes. That’s because you brain’s plasticity is shaped by what you do ... and observe ... and focus on daily. In fact humor can create a collective basal ganglia habit of sorts so that aging or wild living become the norm to laugh at and live … for say people who are impacted more through visual images. It’s how multiple intelligences work… and until now … we’ve had less understanding of spatial intelligence and it role to inspire or disarm our day.
What makes you laugh anyway?
Ellen,
I've always said that laughter is the best medicine! I also believe that laughter keeps us young..
When I was selling Avon a man asked me if I had anything that would make him look younger. I prescribed a good
joke!
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