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Barbie versus Oppenheimer
Chartered psychologist and film maker Justin Spray reflects on the cinematic battle, and cultural phenomenon, of the year so far
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Fearing laughter
09 April 2021
Grace Sanders considers the causes and consequences of gelotophobia – the fear of laughter.
- Emotion
Laughter – the ordinary and the extraordinary
27 April 2013
Is laughter a universal emotion? Sophie Scott investigates. Plus listen to an audio interview with Sophie.
- Emotion
- Social and behavioural
For teen boys at risk of psychopathy, laughter isn’t catching
06 December 2017
Is laughter more contagious for some people than others?
- Brain
- Personality and self
The evolutionary roots of laughter
08 October 2010
To evolutionary psychologists, the noise made by gorillas, chimps and bonobos when you tickle their feet is no laughing matter.
- Social and behavioural
Christmas lectures on language and laughter
05 September 2017
Professor Sophie Scott to deliver prestigious annual talks.
- Emotion
There’s an evolutionary explanation for why we’re surprisingly bad at recognising each other’s laughter
24 January 2018
We have an impressive ability to identify people we know based on their voice, but there's an intriguing exception – we’re not very good at discerning identity from laughter.
- Cognition and perception
- Social and behavioural
Laughter and love boost each other in romantic relationships
08 January 2024
A new study from Singapore sheds light on the role of humour in established romance.
- Relationships and romance
- Social and behavioural
Jimmy Carr: drug dealer and assassin
16 September 2016
Pernille Frisvoll reviews a Horizon special on laughter.
- Emotion
Jokey team meetings are more productive, as long as people laugh along
17 February 2015
A new study of genuine team meetings shows that laughter begets laughter and that bouts of humour really can clear the ground for new approaches and better performance.
- Community
- Social and behavioural
- Work and occupational
You laugh differently with friends than you do with strangers (and listeners can tell the difference)
08 June 2016
A guest blog from Dr Lucy Foulkes on the ways humans can use laughter to identify the nature of others' relationships.
- Relationships and romance
- Social and behavioural
After laughing, people are more willing to share personal details about themselves
07 April 2015
New research suggests that part of the reason may be that the act of laughter encourages personal disclosure: we chuckle out our secrets.
- Emotion
- Social and behavioural
Careers: It’s not just about telling jokes to feel better
19 April 2013
Ian Florance talks to Stephanie Davies, Creative Director and ‘cognitive laughter and humour consultant’ for Laughology; and Elizabeth Sullivan writes on gallows humour.
- Careers and professional development
- Periodicals
From laughter to action: An investigation into the effects of affiliative comedy
Series: Psychology of Sexualities Review Volume: 12 Issue: 2
Date of Publication: 01-01-2021
Author(s): Susie Johnson, Fabio Fasoli
View From laughter to action: An investigation into the effects of affiliative comedySharing humour and laughter in autism and Down's syndrome
24-12-2010
- Vasudevi Reddy
- Emma Williams
- Amy Vaughan
Social, cognitive, and physiological aspects of humour perception from 4 to 8 months: Two longitudinal studies
25-09-2017
- Gina C. Mireault
- Susan C. Crockenberg
- Keri Heilman
- John E. Sparrow
- Kassandra Cousineau
- Brady Rainville
BOOK REVIEWS
01-02-1934
REVIEWS
01-04-1924
Mobilizing collective hatred through humour: Affective–discursive production and reception of populist rhetoric
20-09-2020
- Inari Sakki
- Jari Martikainen
REVIEWS
01-08-1923
REVIEWS
01-03-1958
British and Pakistani children's understanding of death: Cultural and developmental influences
26-09-2014
- Georgia Panagiotaki
- Gavin Nobes
- Aisha Ashraf
- Herjit Aubby
The repertoire of resistance: Non-compliance with directives in Milgram's ‘obedience’ experiments
09-01-2015
- Matthew M. Hollander
‘Trying to bring attention to your body when you’re not sure where it is’: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of drivers and barriers to mindfulness for people with spinal cord injury
04-08-2020
- Jasmine Heath Hearn
- Katherine Anne Finlay
- David Sheffield
Acoustic differences between humorous and sincere communicative intentions
17-10-2011
- Elena Hoicka
- Merideth Gattis
OUTLINES OF RESEARCHES REPORTED IN THESES PRESENTED FOR HIGHER DEGREES OR DIPLOMAS
01-06-1939
- ALEXANDER LAING
Students versus locals: Young adults' constructions of the working-class Other
24-12-2010
- Martin Holt
- Christine Griffin
Women smokers’ experiences of an age-appearance anti-smoking intervention: A qualitative study
06-12-2010
- Sarah Grogan
- Keira Flett
- David Clark‐Carter
- Brendan Gough
- Rachel Davey
- Deborah Richardson
- Giri Rajaratnam
The structure of effortful control in preschoolers and its relation to externalizing problems
10-03-2011
- Lisette M. A. Gusdorf
- Annemiek Karreman
- Marcel A. G. van Aken
- Maja Deković
- Cathy van Tuijl
Seeing what's happening on the inside: Patients' views of the value of diagnostic cardiac computed tomography angiography
20-11-2013
- Daniel A. Devcich
- Christopher J. Ellis
- Natasha Waltham
- Elizabeth Broadbent
- Keith J. Petrie