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The Energizing Effect of Humor
Humor may actually help people persevere in completing arduous tasks, researchers have found.
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Scientists have figured out what makes Dr. Seuss so silly
The Washington Post: Chris Westbury was trying to get work done, and everyone around him kept laughing. As part of a study on aphasia, a speech and language disorder, the University of Alberta psychology professor was running
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Plight of the Funny Female
The Atlantic: A few years ago, Laura Mickes was teaching her regular undergraduate class on childhood psychological disorders at the University of California, San Diego. It was a weighty subject, so occasionally she would inject
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When Do Babies Start Making Jokes?
New York Magazine: A devious infant is the protagonist of a recent viral video that was posted to Facebook earlier this month and has since racked up more than 26 million views. The basic plot line
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Sophie Scott and the Science of Laughter
The Wall Street Journal: The first time that the neuroscientist Sophie Scott performed standup comedy, in 2010, she did it out of professional jealousy. One of her colleagues at University College London had done his
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27th Annual Conference of the International Society for Humor Studies
June 29–July 3, 2015 Oakland, California www.hnu.edu/ishs/ISHS2015
