A Complexity Science Account of Humor
A common assumption of psychological theories of humor is that experienced funniness results from an incongruity between stimuli provided by a verbal joke or visual pun, followed by a sudden, surprising resolution of incongruity. In the perspective of complexity science, this characteristic incongru...
Main Authors: | Wolfgang Tschacher, Hermann Haken |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-02-01
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Series: | Entropy |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/25/2/341 |
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