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Why We Laugh and What Makes Us Laugh: The Enigma of Humor

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Berger, Arthur Asa

Abstract / 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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Date of first publication

2013-05-31

Journal title

Europe's Journal of Psychology

Volume

9

Issue

2

Page numbers

210–213

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

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notReviewed

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Citation

Berger, A. A. (2013). Why We Laugh and What Makes Us Laugh: The Enigma of Humor. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 9(2), 210–213. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v9i2.599
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Berger, Arthur Asa
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-21T10:01:06Z
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    2018-11-21T10:01:06Z
  • Date of first publication
    2013-05-31
  • Abstract / 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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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    notReviewed
  • Citation
    Berger, A. A. (2013). Why We Laugh and What Makes Us Laugh: The Enigma of Humor. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 9(2), 210–213. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v9i2.599
  • ISSN
    1841-0413
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1195
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1387
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v9i2.599
  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Why We Laugh and What Makes Us Laugh: The Enigma of Humor
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    2
  • Journal title
    Europe's Journal of Psychology
  • Page numbers
    210–213
  • Volume
    9
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    Version of Record