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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"humor appreciation"”.
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Sense of Humor, Stress and Coping, and Outcomes in Children's Lives
… the relationships between stress and sense of humor among school-age children. A sample of 106 students (and parents/guardians) in the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) returned self-report instruments packets containing the Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale for Children, and the …
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An Examination of the Relationship Between Gender Identity and Humor Preference
Studies examining sex differences in humor appreciation and production found that men tend to desire a partner who laughs at their jokes, while women prefer a partner who makes them laugh (Bressler, Martin, & Balshine, 2006). Miller (2000) suggests that these humor preferences have both evolved via …
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Computational recognition and comprehension of humor in the context of a general error investigation system
Humor is a creative, ubiquitous, and powerful communication strategy, yet it is currently challenging for computers to correctly identify instances of humor, let alone understand it. In this thesis I develop a computational model of humor based on error identification and resolution, as well as …