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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2013-05-01
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| description | 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, incongruity, cognitive problems in processing humor and psychoanalytic perspectives (such as masked aggression). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4e153004944e4af98856570f6db834782023-01-03T02:11:50ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyEurope's Journal of Psychology1841-04132013-05-019221021310.5964/ejop.v9i2.599ejop.v9i2.599Why We Laugh and What Makes Us Laugh: The Enigma of HumorArthur Asa Berger0Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, USAHumor (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, incongruity, cognitive problems in processing humor and psychoanalytic perspectives (such as masked aggression).http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/599 |
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| title | Why We Laugh and What Makes Us Laugh: The Enigma of Humor |
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