Humor appreciation as an adaptive esthetic emotion

Humor

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-26

  Weisfeld, Glenn E ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Esthetics; Fitness; Humor; Humor appreciation; Humor production; Laughter

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646573296     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HUMOR.2006.001     Document Type: Article

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