Contextual connections within puns: Effects on perceived humor and memory

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-197

  Lippman, Louis G ^a   Dunn, Mara L ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; MALE; MEMORY; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 0034166798     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221300009598578     Document Type: Article

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