Comedian Alonzo Bodden reads Peter McGraw and Caleb Warren’s research paper on humor, and he discusses his reaction to their humor theory.
I recently spent ten days at Texas Tech University, where I subjected the faculty to a round of video blog posts. As the fourth part of a four-part series, I asked Alan Reifman, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies : Why do bowlers get a hot hand but basketball
I recently spent ten days at Texas Tech University, where I subjected the faculty of the psychology department to a round of video blog posts. As the third part of a four-part series (and a follow-up to last week’s post), I asked Associate Professor Erin Hardin: Is happiness being who
I recently spent ten days at Texas Tech University, where I subjected the faculty of the psychology department to a round of video blog posts. As the second part of a four-part series, I asked Associate Professor, collaborator, and friend, Jeff Larsen: Is happiness having what you want or wanting
Moral Hazards and Women’s Lacrosse This week, I team up Decision Science News for a joint post. — Enjoy The New York Times just ran a piece called “A Case Against Helmets in Lacrosse“. The hook of the article is that wearing helmets, which one would expect to make the
[An early post this week.] The Super Bowl featured numerous injuries, but not all of them occurred on the field. According to a recent paper, violence as a means of humor in advertising is on the rise. Two of the top five rated ads from Super Bowl XLV (2011) featured
I recently returned from the Humor pre-conference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. I got a chance to talk to Bob Mankoff, a cartoonist and the Cartoon Editor of The New Yorker. I asked him: Why aren’t The New Yorker’s cartoons funnier? (sic) His answer is compelling. Yes,
Peter McGraw is concerned about his students and has been writing open letters to them. In this Solo Thoughts episode, he reads those letters
Welcome to the final episode of I’M NOT JOKING. Comedian JD Lopez returns from Episode 1 to debrief and reflect on Peter’s experience building
