EVEs energy in aesthetic experience: A Bayesian basis for haiku humour

Journal of Mathematics and the Arts

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 77-87

  Burns, Kevin ^a  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion; energy; entropy; expectation; explanation; haiku; humour; information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862873956     PISSN: 17513472     EISSN: 17513480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17513472.2012.680836     Document Type: Article

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