The effect of humor on memory: Constrained by the pun

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 376-394

  Summerfelt, Hannah ^a   Lippman, Louis ^a   Hyman Jr , Ira E ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

constraints in reconstruction; humor; memory; memory reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; RECOGNITION;

CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC;

EID: 77957366042     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221309.2010.499398     Document Type: Article

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