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Developmental, Social September 23, 2021September 21, 2021

Immature Jokes: What Kids’ Humour Can Tell Us About Their Ability To Empathise

By Emma L. Barratt. Different humour styles are associated with different levels of empathy and sympathy in children.

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Laughter, Political, Twitter June 18, 2020

For Political Candidates, Making Jokes Online Might Backfire

By Emily Reynolds. Punny tweets from political candidates went against participants’ expectations and made them seem less credible.

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Emotion, Sex December 2, 2021

Women Are No More Emotionally Turbulent Than Men

By Emily Reynolds. Diary study finds men and women show similar fluctuations in mood across the course of days and weeks.

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Weekly links October 4, 2019

Joking Robots And Intelligent Apes: The Week’s Best Psychology Links

Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web

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Morality, Personality January 12, 2022

People behave more sadistically when they’re bored

By Emma Young. Even people low in trait sadism acted more sadistically when made to feel bored.

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Emotion, Media, Mental health February 14, 2020March 11, 2020

People With Depression May Find Sad Memes Funnier And More Uplifting

By Matthew Warren. Viewing and sharing memes with depression-related themes might be a coping strategy.

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Weekly links October 25, 2019

Talking Nonsense And Being Humble: The Week’s Best Psychology Links

Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web

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Social, Technology October 8, 2020

Phone Calls Help Create Closer Bonds Than Texting

By Emily Reynolds. But expectations that calls will be awkward can lead people to avoid picking up the phone.

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Laughter, Podcast June 27, 2018May 17, 2021

Episode 12: How To Be Funnier

This is episode 12 of our podcast PsychCrunch – can findings from psychology help us to be funnier?

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Cognition, In Brief, Intelligence, Laughter January 18, 2017February 1, 2017

If you like sick jokes, maybe it’s because you’re just so smart

Comprehension and appreciation of black humour correlated with verbal and non-verbal IQ. By Christian Jarrett

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