Some people seem naturally funny and find humor in much that they see and experience. But if you’d like to further develop your funny bone, the following may help: Enjoying other people’s humor ...

Research has shown the benefits of humor for emotion regulation and health. Literal humor is one example of how creating and ...

“You’re not the POTUS; you’re the BLOTUS,” said Late Night host Stephen Colbert about Donald Trump. “You talk like a sign-language gorilla got hit in the head.” I laughed along with everyone else in ...

Think of the most hilarious video you’ve ever seen on the internet. Why is it so funny? As a researcher who investigates some of the potential side effects of humor, I spend a fair bit of time ...

With comedy, timing can often be everything—but it isn’t the only thing that makes a joke land. Slapstick, camp, and satire all have their place in the comedic landscape and require different skills ...

Humor is observed in all cultures and at all ages. But only in recent decades has experimental psychology respected it as an essential, fundamental human behavior. Historically, psychologists framed ...