"So, a group of behavioural scientists walk into a bar ..." It sounds like the start of a joke, but in this case, it's not. Some of those people were gathering to perform sketch comedy, and two of ...

Takashi Wakasugi's offbeat sense of humour helps him pay the bills. After moving from Japan to Australia, Mr Wakasugi decided he'd combine his passion for comedy with the need to improve his English. ...

Humour can be broadly defined as the ability to make others laugh and the trait of being humorous or funny. However, humour can specifically refer to a teacher’s focused and structured use of amusing ...

Humour is a vital component of human socio-affective and cognitive functioning. Recent advances in neuroscience have enabled researchers to explore this human attribute in children and adults. Humour ...

It’s often recognised and commented upon that we feel drawn to people who make us laugh. Personal ads and dating profiles even have their own abbreviation for those seeking the quality in their dream ...

Gil Greengross does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Claire Fox received funding fro the Economic and Social Research Council for part of this research (REF: RES-062-23-2647). Just like adults, children use humour in their everyday lives. Some like to ...

After assigning students to write comedy scripts instead of seminar papers, André Martinuzzi and Angelo Spoerk explain how humour has great potential as a learning method When educators integrate ...

“If I make them laugh along the way, sue me. And I don't do it so they turn round and go 'Thank you David for the opportunity, thank you for the wisdom, thank you for the laughs.' I do it so, one day, ...