The puzzle of joking: Disentangling the cognitive and affective components of humorous distraction

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-51

  Strick, Madelijn ^a   Holland, Rob W ^a   van Baaren, Rick B ^a   van Knippenberg, Ad ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77955574159     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.720     Document Type: Article

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