Humor appreciation and latency of comprehension

Humor

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-403

  Cunningham, William A ^a   Derks, Peter ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Expertise; Funniness; Incongruity

Indexed keywords

EID: 26644472483     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 09331719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/humr.2005.18.4.389     Document Type: Article

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