Wit and Humor as Topic
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Galapagos: Darwin, evolution, and ENT.

29 Sep 2009 This year is especially important in the history of the theory of evolution; 2009 is the bicentennial anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the sesquicentennial anniversary of his publication, The Origin of Species. Darwin visited the ... Read more...

Finding comfort in a joke: consolatory effects of humor through cognitive distraction.

30 Jul 2009 This study aimed to demonstrate that the cognitive demands involved in humor processing can attenuate negative emotions. A primary aspect of humor is that it poses cognitive demands needed for incongruency resolution. On the basis of findings that ... Read more...

Harry, Paul and the Filipino maid: racial and sexual abuse in local contexts.

29 Jun 2009 Estacio argues for critical health psychology to take action to address three issues raised (unintentionally) in the 'Harry and Paul' sketch broadcast on British television. It is suggested that, although attempting humour, the sketch offensively ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Wit and Humor as Topic'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Galapagos: Darwin, evolution, and ENT. 29 Sep 2009
• A communication wipeout by gabbling presenters. 22 Sep 2009
• [A clown in a palliative care unit] 30 Aug 2009
• Life in science. Creationists made me do it. 19 Aug 2009
• A piece of my mind. A paucity of physicians. 10 Aug 2009
• Economizing. 30 Jul 2009
• Critic should laugh more. 30 Jul 2009
• Finding comfort in a joke: consolatory effects of humor through cognitive distraction. 30 Jul 2009
• Gone but not forgotten. 29 Jun 2009
• An animal model for teaching ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks. 29 Jun 2009
• It bothers sheep, too. 29 Jun 2009
• Making green in the golden years. 29 Jun 2009
• Humor can have a place in healthcare leadership. 29 Jun 2009
• Harry, Paul and the Filipino maid: racial and sexual abuse in local contexts. 29 Jun 2009
• Questioning 'black humour': racial exploitation, media and health. 29 Jun 2009
• Human exploitation is not a joke--so don't laugh! 29 Jun 2009
• Humor styles as mediators between self-evaluative standards and psychological well-being. 29 Jun 2009
• Nursing bra brouhaha. 29 Jun 2009
• Life in science. It takes a village. 3 Jun 2009
• What's so funny? 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Wit and Humor as Topic'

Definition: The faculty of expressing the amusing, clever, or comical or the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

Descriptor UI: D014925

Alternative terms: Wit and Humor as Topic; Wit; Humor as Topic;

Related Mesh Headings: Caricatures as Topic; Cartoons as Topic; Laughter; Laughter Therapy;

Allowable Qualifiers: history; psychology;

Tree Number: K01.517.946;

History Note: 2008(1963)

Technical Notes: do not confuse with the Publication Type HUMOR