Do women seek humorousness in men because it signals intelligence? A cross-cultural test

Humor

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 435-462

  Weisfeld, Glenn E ^a   Nowak, Nicole T ^a   Lucas, Todd ^a   Weisfeld, Carol C ^b   Imamoǧlu, E Olcay ^c   Butovskaya, Marina ^d   Shen, Jiliang ^e   Parkhill, Michele R ^f  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^e BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural; humor; intelligence; marriage; sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052854349     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HUMR.2011.025     Document Type: Article

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