Why We Laugh and What Makes Us Laugh: The Enigma of Humor
Humor (and related concerns such as the nature of comedy and of laughter) is an enigmatic subject that has perplexed our greatest thinkers from Aristotle’s time to the present. There are four competing theories that explain humor, each of which argues that all humor is based on: superiority, incongr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology
2013-05-01
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| Series: | Europe's Journal of Psychology |
| Online Access: | http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/599 |