00:00 — Introduction
00:28 — The Violation That Won't Hurt You
02:00 — Laughter Isn't About Jokes
03:16 — The Line
04:26 — Wrap Up
Sources:
- Wikipedia - Theories of Humor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theories_of_humor
- Peter McGraw - A Brief Introduction to the Benign Violation Theory of Humor: https://petermcgraw.org/a-brief-introduction-to-the-benign-violation-theory-of-humor/
- Humor Research Lab (HuRL) - Benign Violation Theory: https://humorresearchlab.com/benign-violation-theory/
- APA Speaking of Psychology - What Makes Things Funny? With Peter McGraw, PhD: https://www.apa.org/news/podcasts/speaking-of-psychology/humor-theory
- Scientific American - What's So Funny? The Science of Why We Laugh: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whats-so-funny-the-science-of-why-we-laugh/
- PMC - Robert Provine: The Critical Human Importance of Laughter, Connections and Contagion: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9489296/
- Robert Provine - Laughter (American Scientist, 1996): http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Abstracts/Provine_96.html
- ScienceInsights - What Makes Someone Laugh? Brain, Body, and Social Cues: https://scienceinsights.org/what-makes-someone-laugh-brain-body-and-social-cues/
- Journal of Ethics (AMA) - The Science of Comedy (Sort of): https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/science-comedy-sort/2020-07
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