Gifted children's humor preferences, sense of humor, and Comprehension of riddles

Humor

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-436

  Bergen, Doris ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gifted children; Jokes; Media humor; Riddles; Word play

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449086333     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HUMR.2009.024     Document Type: Article

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