Social physical activity and sedentary behaviour as key determinants of humour expression and loneliness in older adults: a cross-sectional study using bayesian variable selection approach [PDF]
BMC Public HealthObjective Social isolation among older adults is a growing concern, partially owing to diminished social cognitive function. Physical activity can potentially enhance social cognitive function.
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The comic, not the comedy: effect of joke-origin-induced expectancy on cognitive humour. [PDF]
Objectives: The present set of experiments examined whether humour expectancy (determined by the joke teller) impacts the humour evaluation of jokes. Design: Across four experiments, participants rated jokes purportedly delivered via celebrity comedians
Mistry, K., Johnson, A.J.
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The experience of humour in Asperger’s syndrome [PDF]
, 2010 A Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Wolverhampton for the degree of Doctor of Counselling Psychology.This study investigated the experience of humour of people with Asperger’s syndrome.
Ruggeri, Susan
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Humour as social dreaming:Stand-up comedy as therapeutic performance [PDF]
, 2012 Stand-up comedy binds dramatic cultural spectacle to ritualised, intimate exposure. Examining ‘case’ examples from live comic performance, this paper describes stand-up as a kind of social dreaming.
MacRury, Iain
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Individual differences in the way observers perceive humour styles
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2019 Humour has been conceptualized as styles, which vary based on their function (Martin, Puhlik-Doris, Larsen, Gray, and Weir, 2003). Research examining if and how observers perceive this intent is limited.
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Humour and Politics: A Discursive Approach to Humour
, 2021 Power has always been a desirable target for humour. It seems politicians are easy to make fun of. In fact, humour and politics are interrelated from times immemorial and they are a favoured field of research in the Human and Social Sciences. The aim of this study is to show the potential of a discursive-enunciative category, the point of view (POV ...
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Humour to learn Mathematics: mathematical tasks to laugh and learn [PDF]
, 2021 Good mood and wellbeing make work and learning much easier. And this is what humour is really all about, to make people feel well and to make them laugh. Humour will minimise stressful situations and facilitate communication. Among the different forms of
Viseu, Floriano +6 more
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Humour styles, personality and psychological well-being: What’s humour got to do with it?
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2014 The Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) by Martin et al. (2003) measures four humour styles, namely affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive and self-defeating.
Willibald Friedrich Ruch, Sonja Heintz
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Conceptions and practices of Iberian mathematics teachers about humour
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2023 This study focuses on the conceptions and practices of Iberian (Portuguese and Spanish) mathematics teachers regarding instructional humour. Specifically, the study aims to answer the following questions: (1) How do Iberian mathematics teachers view ...
Floriano Viseu +3 more
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