Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Research Essay Topic
I am having a really difficult time figuring out my topic for my paper. One of the things I am really interested in is health and fitness, so I have been trying to come up with some ideas in that realm. I have two ideas so far, and they are sort of random, but oh well. I was thinking of writing about chocolate and how it affects your mood and has some health benefits. My other idea is laughter. I have found some studies that show that there are a lot of health benefits to laughter and I think thats pretty cool because i love to laugh!! I want to tie my own personal experiences in my paper and I am not sure how to do that with these topics, which is why i am unsure about them. I may not end up writing about either of these, though, but they've got me brainstorming!
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Hey Shelby,
You may have changed topics already, but I think the two you mentioned are great. I especially like the idea of researching the connection between laughter and health/wellness. I'm really curious to know what's happening physiologically when we laugh. It's amazing that something so simple might actually have a dramatic impact on our health and wellness (it's also interesting to explore the way our minds/thoughts influence our bodies/biology...there's lots of philosophical literature out there that explores the "mind-body connection" that you might draw from and use alongside scientific/medical research). Your research question might be, "Can something as simple as laughter actually give us longer and healthier lives?"
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