Exposure to humor before and after an unpleasant stimulus: Humor as a preventative or a cure

Humor

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-191

  Cann, Arnie ^a   Calhoun, Lawrence G ^a   Nance, Jamey T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 0040362710     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/humr.2000.13.2.177     Document Type: Article

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