The influence of humor on desirability

Keywords

Psychology, Social psychology, Romance, Personality, Perception

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• Duels and Duets: Why Men and Women Talk So DifferentlyJ. Locke — 2011
• It’s the way he tells them (and who is listening): men’s dominance is positively correlated with their preference for jokes told by dominant-sounding menMary Louise Cowan, Christopher D. Watkins, Paul J. Fraccaro — 2016
• Die Wissenschaft vom FlirtenManfred Spitzer — 2011
• Mood, anxiety and sense of humor in head and neck cancer patients in relation to disease stage, prognosis and quality of lifeHans Jørgen Aarstad, Anne K. H. Aarstad, John‐Helge Heimdal — 2005
• Putting Laughter in Context: Shared Laughter as Behavioral Indicator of Relationship Well-BeingLaura E. Kurtz, Sara B. Algoe — 2015
• Laughing and liking: Exploring the interpersonal effects of humor use in initial social interactionsStanislav Treger, Susan Sprecher, Ralph Erber — 2013
• The Structure and Content of Long-Term and Short-Term Mate PreferencesPeter K. Jonason, Gregory D. Webster, Amanda N. Gesselman — 2013
• Laughter paves the way for romanceHelen Pearson — 2006
• Impression Management Struggles in Online DatingDouglas Zytko, Sukeshini A. Grandhi, Quentin Jones — 2014
• Sex differences in response to cues of parental investment: An evolutionary social psychological perspective.Glenn Geher, Kelly A. Fairweather, Nilerisha Mollette — 2007
• Should have known better: The impact of mating experience and the desire for marriage upon attraction to the narcissistic personalityCarrie Haslam, V. Tamara Montrose — 2015
• Does Humor Explain Why Relationally Aggressive Adolescents Are Popular?Julie C. Bowker, Rebecca G. Etkin — 2013
• Within and cross-sensory interactions in the perceived attractiveness of unfamiliar facesBrendan Cullen, Fiona N. Newell — 2012
• Philosophy of HumorJoshua Shaw — 2010
• Sense of humor and social desirability: Understanding how humor styles are perceivedArnie Cann, Chelsea Matson — 2014
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• The effects of relationship context and modality on ratings of funninessMary Louise Cowan, Anthony C. Little — 2013
• Humor as a relationship‐building tool in online negotiationsTerri R. Kurtzberg, Charles E. Naquin, Liuba Y. Belkin — 2009
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