POSTMODERN IRONY AND LAUGH: SPECIFIC FEATURES AND SCIENTIFIC RECEPTION by Iryna V. Kropyvko

“…The aim of the article is to generalize the viewpoints of Ukrainian and foreign scientists as for irony and laugh in postmodern texts and to explain their diversity through postmetaphysical way of thinking of a postmodern man. …”
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Winning at Pocker and Games of Chance Winning at Pocker and Games of Chance by Anita Flanders Rebelo

“…"Socrates didn't play dice games. He drank a lot. And when he was drunk he would go watch the game and give advice. …”
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Effects of Game Mode in Multiplayer Video Games on Intergenerational Social Interaction: Randomized Field Study by Carmen Zahn, David Leisner, Mario Niederhauser, Anna-Lena Roos, Tabea Iseli, Marco Soldati

“…In addition, significantly more biography-related communication occurred in the creative mode than in the cooperative mode (P=.03), with a strong effect size (r=0.707). Regarding nonverbal communication (eg, laughing together), analysis of variance for repeated measurements showed significant differences among the game modes (P=.02) with a strong effect size (Cohen f=0.758). …”
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Serious game for learning and adaption of first aid by Chua, Bryan Jianbin

“…To achieve this, we can educate and engage the public with First Aider, a serious game that aims to inform and familiarise its users with general first aid and, more importantly, the process of using a CPR and AED. …”
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WHAT'S SO FUNNY? A COMPARATIVE LOOK AT THE HUMOROUS INTENTIONS OF THE TEXTBOOK AND THE STUDENT by N. V. Orlova, O. E. Bogomolova

“…A section of a school textbook on literary reading “Jokingly and seriously” was compared with the written memories of 3rd-grade students of “Lyceum № 29” (Omsk) about the situations in which they laughed. …”
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Poetic Game Means in “L’ Écume des Jours” by B. Vian by V V Shervashidze

“…Author’s laugh and fun, his buffoonery language contain a great destructive impact, revealing alogizms of the world, crushing stereotypes and the power of routine language.…”
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Understanding Kids, Play, and Interactive Design : How to Create Games Children Love / by Schlichting, Mark, author 631509

“…It is a result of over 30 years of designing games and interactive media for kids and figuring out the science and psychology behind that magic moment when a child playing a game starts laughing out loud or shouting with excitement".…”
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Improving Students’ SpeakingSkillsl Using Throw Ball Games at Islamic Boarding School by Nailul Authar, Mujad Didien Afandi

“…Most students enjoy the game while laughing, some students are a little confused when suddenly asked questions and cause their answers to go round and round, students are forced to get out of the situation and they succeed. …”
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Rythmes et euphonies dans les jeux mains-bouche. Un zoom ethnographique sur la sociabilité entre enfants (Cambodge) by Steven Prigent

“…This article takes a serious look at the childish practice of hand-clapping singing games in a village of rice growers in Cambodia. …”
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A Whole New Light / by Brown, Sandra, 1948-, author 274798

“…Ever since losing her husband, Cyn McCall has counted on his business partner, Worth Lansing. Though a confirmed bachelor, Worth nonetheless proves himself to be a dependable friend and a father figure to her son. …”

DOWN UNDER : TRAVELS IN A SUNBURNED COUNTRY / by Bryson, Bill, author 374412

“…His running commentary on a radio broadcast cricket match, a game about which he knows nothing, is brilliantly inventive. …”

Web Therapy for Internet Addicts: A Case Study of Self-Healing by Social Media Addicts in Indonesia by NUNING KURNIASIH, Julian Amriwijaya

“…(d) Interactive information sources where they can interact and communicate with friends online. (5) The informants prefer social media such as online games with multiple players, youtube, facebook, online forums longue such as kaskus.com and detik.com, and the form of information including games, movies, music, articles on health, food, humor series, chatting, memes, sarcasms, and satyrs (6) The informants agree that although they feel better after using some information sources on the internet as a treatment for self-healing therapy, but it is only temporary not a permanent one. …”
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Alternative Exercise and Breathing Interventions in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Critical Review by Renae J. McNamara, Lissa Spencer, Marita Dale, Regina W.M. Leung, Zoe J. McKeough

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Laughter influences social bonding but not prosocial generosity to friends and strangers by Dunbar, RIM, Frangou, A, Grainger, F, Pearce, E

“…Using changes in pain threshold as a proxy for endorphin upregulation in the brain and a standard economic game (the Dictator Game) as an assay of prosociality, we show that laughter does trigger the endorphin system and, through that, seems to enhance social bonding, but it does not reliably influence donations to others. …”

DO STUDENTS EXPERIENCE “SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE,” LAUGHTER, AND OTHER EMOTIONS ONLINE? by Katrina A. Meyer, Stephanie J. Jones

“…The students were mostly likely to present themselves effectively and care about others and least likely to sense others’ emotions. In a comparison of social intelligence capacities in the online course and other non-course-related but online activities (e.g., surfing and gaming), a paired t-test confirmed that the means were different (p < 0.05) and perhaps documented greater occurrence of social intelligence in the online course setting.…”
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Pengaruh Terapi Tertawa Terhadap Depresi Pada Usia Lanjut by Perpustakaan UGM, i-lib

“…Experiment group was given laugh therapy with twice game in one week while control groups were not given. …”

Goodness gracious! by Lim, Andy Hansong

“…Through a satirical approach, the board game, Goodness Gracious! …”
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Laughter influences social bonding but not prosocial generosity to friends and strangers. by R I M Dunbar, Anna Frangou, Felix Grainger, Eiluned Pearce

“…Using changes in pain threshold as a proxy for endorphin upregulation in the brain and a standard economic game (the Dictator Game) as an assay of prosociality, we show that laughter does trigger the endorphin system and, through that, seems to enhance social bonding, but it does not reliably influence donations to others. …”
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STRATEGI PENCIPTAAN HUMOR DENGAN PEMANFAATAN ASPEK-ASPEK KEBAHASAAN by Perpustakaan UGM, i-lib

“…Though humor is only word game, people cannot avoid it. However, humor does not always cause the people to laugh. …”

Strategi Penciptaan Humor dengan Pemanfaatan Aspek-aspek Kebahasaan by Muhammad Rohmadi

“…Though humor is only word game, people cannot avoid it. However, humor does not always cause the people to laugh. …”
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