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
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9
Issue
2
Page numbers
210–213
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PsychOpen GOLD
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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
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Berger, Arthur Asa
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Date of first publication2013-05-31
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Abstract / DescriptionHumor (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).en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statusnotReviewed
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CitationBerger, 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
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1195
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1387
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v9i2.599
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleWhy We Laugh and What Makes Us Laugh: The Enigma of Humoren_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers210–213
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Volume9
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