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Which keywords would be most effective to find research on the benefits of laughter? Check all that apply.

humor AND laughter
statistics AND benefits
benefits AND laughter AND research
statistics AND humor AND emotional AND health
humor AND emotional AND health AND research
benefits AND laughter AND medicine AND patients
statistics AND benefits AND doctors AND patients AND disease AND health

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Most effective: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6.

- humor AND laughter — Yes. Broad and directly on-topic; good for general literature.
- benefits AND laughter AND research — Yes. Specific to studies of laughter’s benefits.
- statistics AND humor AND emotional AND health — Yes. Targets empirical work measuring emotional and health outcomes of humor.
- humor AND emotional AND health AND research — Yes. Good for studies on emotional/health effects of humor.
- benefits AND laughter AND medicine AND patients — Yes. Good for clinical/medical patient-focused research.

Less effective / not recommended:
- statistics AND benefits — No. Too generic; will return statistics about many topics, not specifically laughter.
- statistics AND benefits AND doctors AND patients AND disease AND health — No. Too broad and does not include humor or laughter.

Tip: For better results, add synonyms and use truncation/phrases: laugh* OR laughter OR "humor therapy" OR "laughter therapy"; use database subject headings (MeSH) like "Humor" or "Therapeutic Humor"; try PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL.