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Maher, Mary Lou,
125

Martin, Rod,
58
,
92

Martin, Steve,
120
,
121
,
196

Marx, Groucho,
32
,
135
,
188

Masten, Ann,
184–185

Meaning of life,
42
,
129–130

Meder, Theo,
75

Metcalfe, Janet,
36

Michaels, Lorne,
52–54
,
60

Mihalcea, Rada,
113

Miller, Michael,
138–139

Mirth.
See
Affect

Mirth Response Test,
14–15

Nishioka, Kana,
189

Mobbs, Dean,
17

Monty Python,
64
,
163
,
179

Mood.
See
Affect

Mr. Bean
(television show),
19

N

Nerhardt, Goran,
35

Nevo, Ofra,
191–192

New York City,
5
,
6
,
51–54
,
94
,
150

New Yorker,
15
,
97
,
191

Newton, Sir Isaac,
35

Nonsense humor.
See
Humor types

O

Obscene humor.
See
Humor types

P

Pain

     
asymblosia,
84

     
humor and,
135–137
,
143–145
,
149–150

Paraprosdokia,
39

Paratones,
156

Personality traits and humor anality,
92

     
conscientiousness,
141–142
,
146
,
147

     
environmental conscientiousness,
92

     
extraversion,
87
,
88
,
89
,
90

     
intelligence,
84–85
,
134
,
171
,
180
,
184–185
,
186
,
188
,
198

     
neuroticism,
87–88
,
90
,
142

     
psychoticism,
88
,
89
,
90

     
sensation seeking,
90–91

     
type A personalities,
92

Patch Adams
(movie),
150

Pearson, Paul,
87

Plato,
54

Pleasure.
See
Affect

Politics and humor

     
Carter, Jimmy,
72

     
Clinton, William,
71
,
72
,
181

     
general,
49
,
70–72
,
103
,
181–183

     
Gingrich, Newt,
72

     
Levy, David,
70–71

     
Obama, Barak,
72

     
Palin, Sarah,
71
,
72

     
Quayle, Dan,
71
,
72
,
181–182

Provine, Robert,
93–94

Pryor, Richard,
196

R

Rapid-truthing,
66–67

Relationships and humor.
See
Social interaction and humor

Raskin, Victor,
44

Reckoning (second stage of humor processing),
36–40
,
47
,
48
,
86
,
116

Rees, Geraint,
49

Reiss, Allan,
95–96

Reggia, James,
41–42

Religion and humor,
50
,
55
,
86

Remote associates task.
See
Insight

Resolving (third state of humor processing),
31
,
40–47
,
48
,
59
,
86
,
116

Richards, Michael,
161–162

Rocky
(movie),
8
,
13–14

Rorscharch Inkblot Test,
189

Rotton, James,
143–145

Ruch, Willibaud,
21
,
89
,
102
,
103
,
146
,
162–164

Rule of five p's,
191

S

Salamon, Hagar,
71

Samson, Andrea,
45

Saroglou, Vassilis,
86

Saturday Night Live
(television show),
52–54

Scheibel, Arnold,
129–130

Schoenberg, Arnold,
120

Schweitzer, Albert,
133

Scripts,
41–45
,
47
,
110
,
114–115
,
118
,
120
,
128
,
153
,
158

Searle, John,
128

Seinfeld, Jerry,
120
,
121
,
161

Semantic priming
117–118

Sick humor.
See
Humor types

Silverman, Sarah,
125

Simpsons, The
(television show),
107

Social interaction and humor brain and (
see
Brain Regions: right hemisphere
)

     
general,
68–70
,
76–77
,
179
,
181–183

     
multiple messages in humor,
11–12
,
44
,
118
,
158–159
,
160–162
,
182

     
relationships,
153–154
,
162–164
,
169
,
170–173
,
183

Southwest Airlines,
175–178

Stages of humor processing.
See
Constructing
,
Reckoning
, or
Resolving

Stevens Aviation,
175–177

Stroop Task,
34
,
69

Subramaniam, Karuna,
30

Surprise and humor,
36–40
,
45
,
47
,
54
,
59
,
85
,
102
,
114–116
,
123
,
125
,
168
,
194
,
197

T

Three Stooges, The,
16

Timing.
See
Comedic timing

Topolinski, Sascha,
29

Tosh, Daniel,
161

Titanic
(movie),
7–8
,
13–14

Training of humor.
See
Education and humor

U

Universities.
See
Colleges and universities

V

Vaid, Joyotsna,
118

Venanzi, Gerald Santo,
65

Vidal, Gore,
151

Vonnegut, Kurt,
66–67

Voss, Rich,
152–154

W

Watson, Karli,
39

Wayne's World
(movie),
161

Williams, Robin,
140
,
154
,
186

Wiseman, Richard,
22–25
,
93
,
97
,
110
,
126

Witherspoon, Reese,
53–54

Wright, Steven,
120
,
154

Z

Zaidel, Eran,
169

Zelvys, V. I.,
76

Ziv, Avner,
193

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