Despite the broad importance of humor, psychologists do not agree on the basic elements
that cause people to experience laughter, amusement, and the perception that something is …

Column Editor's note: Machine generation and comprehension of language is a difficult
enough task, but it's not even funny how difficult it is for a machine to produce and detect …

We investigated humor production in relation to social understanding and relationship
quality in early childhood, by coding N= 72 5‐year‐olds'(M= 5.78, SD=. 41) spontaneous …

Although play and humor are closely connected conceptually, in that both are enjoyable,
reality bending, and internally motivated and controlled, there has been only a small body of …

Humor is crucial for social development. Despite this, very few studies have examined the
neurodevelopment of humor in very young children, and none to date have used functional …

The present study aims at checking and interpreting humor in English jokes and riddles
addressing culturally sensitive areas and this is why they have not received a lot of …

Humour research has its long-established tradition that dates back to antiquity, particularly
the Platonic and Aristotelian thought that explained humour and laughter in philosophical …

This paper addresses inconsistencies in findings for children's humour development by
examining the ways in which five different ambiguity types (lexical, phonological …

Humor is a useful communication tool. As we increasingly rely on technology, social media
platforms have become vehicles for humorous content, often in the form of memes and short …

Background Data on typically developing children show that humour development starts
from an early age. Studies investigating humour in children with intellectual disability (ID) …