There seems to be general agreement, among humor researchers and laypersons alike, that there is considerable variability across individuals in the degree to which they possess a sense of humor. There is also general agreement that a sense of humor is a highly desirable trait to possess. As the American essayist Frank Moore Colby observed, "Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teet...

The cognitive mechanism of humor has been studied for centuries, with multiple seemingly incompatible theories proposed. However, none of existing theories is capable of explaining all empirical evidence. Recent research suggests emotional appraisals are tightly coupled and closely interact with other types of cognitive processes to create complex emotions and affects. This entangled nature con...

The cognitive mechanism of humor has been studied for centuries, with multiple seemingly incompatible theories proposed. Recent research in emotions suggests human emotions are tightly coupled and closely interact with other types of cognitive processes. This entangled nature contributes to the difficulty of humor research. In this paper, I attempt to provide a single, unified framework of humo...

This research assessed the extent to which humor moderates the relationship between retirement stress, including hassles, and health. Two hundred sixty-five retirees over the age of 55 years responded to an on-line survey, completing the RAND 36-Item Health Survey and the Humor Styles Questionnaire. Stress was measured using the Self Perceived Stress in Retirement Scale and The Hassles Scale. T...

background: immune reactions have been reported to be involved in the destruction of retinal ganglion cells (rgcs) in glaucoma. objective: to investigate the role of major histocompatibility complex class i-related chain a and b (mica and micb) molecules in the pathogenesis of glaucoma. methods: aqueous humor and serum samples from 15 glaucoma patients and 45 patients with cataract, undergoing ...

Humor and laughter have been thought to be beneficial for thousands of years. Although much has been written on this subject, there is very little written about the actual use of humor in practice. This article reviews the role that humor and laughter may play in medicine in general and palliative care in particular. In addition, it introduces a model that clinicians can follow when trying to i...

The effects of vitreous humor and some of its components on the function of rabbit corneal endothelium were investigated and compared to those of artificial and natural aqueous humor. The rate of fluid pumping across the endothelium was measured while that layer was in contact with: (1) complete medium, an artificial aqueous solution; (2) pooled rabbit aqueous humor; (3) filtered and (4) unfilt...

This paper deals with a contribution of computational analysis of verbal humor to natural language cognition. After a brief introduction to the growing area of computational humor and of its roots in humor theories, it describes and compares the results of a human-subject and computer experiment. The specific interest is to compare how well the computer, equipped with the resources and methodol...

.he ability of the cardiac glycosides, ouabain and digoxin, to lower eye pressure-' '' '-• has been ascribed to a primary inhibition of aqueous humor inflow. In the cat, which is the experimental animal of this study, the effect of ouabain on aqueous humor inflow is not clear. The previous report, which indicated that aqueous humor formation of the cat was decreased by ouabain, was based upon r...

PURPOSE To determine whether glaucoma patients exhibit an abnormal melatonin concentration in aqueous humor. DESIGN Case-controlled study, laboratory investigation. METHODS Aqueous humor and plasma samples of 28 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and 31 nonglaucoma control patients were collected during surgery, and additional plasma samples were taken the night preceding surgery. Me...