抄録
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between facial EMG responses induced by humor and depression. Before the experiment, 43 children (age: 12-13, male: 22) rated on depression scale in PIC of Korean version to measure depression. During the experiment, bilateral corrugator and orbicularis were measured before the presentation of the stimulus (60 sec) and during emotional state (120 sec). After the presentation of stimulus, participants rated emotions they had experienced on an emotion assessment scale. The 95.3% of the participants reported they had experienced humor and the reported intensity of experienced emotion was 3.81(5 points scale). Facial EMG showed a significant increase during the humor induction when compared to the baseline. And the result showed a negative correlation between right corrugator and the level of depression. This means that as the score goes higher in the depression scores during the humor state, the facial EMG activity becomes less.
