The following is the first of a two-part post. Those of you familiar with this blog and the Mutual Vulnerability Theory of Laughter (MVT) may be interested in how the conclusions of other scholars ...

A mathematical formula that predicts which words people find funny might not get its own Comedy Central special, but it does offer insights into the human mind. Leslie Katz led a team that explored ...

The story of using quantum theory to analyse humor is interesting, in a funny way. The University of British Columbia is trying to “decode the complexity of humor”. The findings from research include ...

Why do some people laugh during a crisis? Source: Pixabay / No Attribution Required Part one of this series examined ideas related to why people use humor in crisis situations inspired by The ...

A group of researchers at the University of Alberta have developed what may be the first mathematical theory of humor, all thanks to a funny-sounding nonsense word: snunkoople. Psychology professor ...