We asked particularly about how they felt about COVID-19 and their ability to cope with pandemic stress. People who viewed just three memes rated themselves on a 1-7 scale as calmer, more content ...

When participants encountered memes specifically about COVID-19, they reported feeling less stress afterward. They also exhibited higher levels of information processing, which meant they spent ...

We asked particularly about how they felt about COVID-19 and their ability to cope with pandemic stress. People who viewed just three memes rated themselves on a 1-7 scale as calmer, more content ...

The team interviewed 748 people online in December 2020 “to assess how viewing memes during this pandemic era may influence audiences’ stress and coping.” The researchers tested popular ...

Enter the internet’s latest hot meme: ‘and I cannot stress this enough.’ It started blowing up in August when Twitter users began ‘stressing’ the importance of everything from social ...

We asked particularly about how they felt about COVID-19 and their ability to cope with pandemic stress. People who viewed just three memes rated themselves on a 1-7 scale as calmer, more content ...

Memes may help people cope with the stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. The study surveyed 748 people online in ...