Re: Psychology of Humor, physiology of laughter

[Jonathan Mueller]

Julie,   Listed below are some related websites Don Nilsen sent out on the Humour-Research listserv.  Better yet, if you e-mail Don at [EMAIL PROTECTED] he will e-mail you a very extensive bibliography of articles and books on psychology of humor that will definitely include articles on your topics.   Good luck,   Jon     Here are some humor and humor-research web sites you might like to check out: > >  AMERICAN HUMOR STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF MLA (DAVID SLOANE): > http://www.newhaven.edu/UNH/Special/AHSA/AHSAHomePage.htm > >  ART GLINER HUMOR CENTER (LARRY MINTZ): > www.humorcenter.umd.edu > >  ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED AND THERAPEUTIC HUMOR (ALLEN KLEIN): > http://www.aath.org/ > >  THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF PLAY (DON LYTLE): > http://www.csuchico.edu/phed/tasp/ > >  BEETLE BAILEY (MORT WALKER): > http://www.mortwalker.com/ > >  CALVIN AND HOBBES (BILL WATERSON): > http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/ > >  CARTOONING LORE (ROBERT C. HARVEY): > http://www.RCHarvey.com > >  CHIASMUS (MARDY GROTHE): > http://www.chiasmus.com/welcometochiasmus.shtml > >  COMEDY USA (BARRY WEINTRAUB): > www.comedyusa.com > >  CIECOE: COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE EVERYTHING AND CONSORTIUM TO OFFEND EVERYBODY: > http://www.factsformorons.com > >  DANISH HUMOR RESOURCES (JOSEF WEITEMEYER): > www.humor.dk > >  DILBERT (SCOTT ADAMS): > http://dilbert.com  > >  THE FARSIDE (GARY LARSON): > http://www.thefarside.com > >  FILM AND TELEVISION WEBSITE ARCHIVE: > http://www.timelapse.com/tvlink.html > >  GARFIELD (CHARLES ADAMS) > http://www.garfield.com/ > >  HARVARD LAMPOON > http://www.harvardlampoon.com/ > >  HUMOR AND LAUGHTER SYMPOSIUM (JOSIANE BOUTONNET) > http://www.wlv.ac.uk/humourschool04/ > >  HUMOR AT WORK (CLYDE FAHLMAN): > http://home.teleport.com/~laff9to5/index.html > >  THE HUMOR COLLECTION (RUTH HAMILTON): > www.thehumorcollection.org > >  THE HUMOR PROJECT (JOEL GOODMAN): > www.HumorProject.com  >  HUMOR STUDIES AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: http://researchmag.asu.edu/stories/humor3.html   >  HUMORWORKS (JOHN MORREALL): > www.humorworks.com <http://www.humorworks.com> > >  HUMORx (KAREN BUXMAN): > www.humorx.com > >         INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HUMOR STUDIES (MARTIN LAMPERT): > www.humorstudies.org > >  INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN HUMOR RESEARCH (WILLIBALD RUCH): > http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/WWW/MathNat/Ruch/SecretaryPage.html > >  JIM BOREN'S WASHINGTON (JIM BOREN): > http://www.jimboren.com > >  THE JOKE FACTORY: > http://www.webscope.co.uk/jokefactory/jokes.htm > >  LAUGHTER REMEDY (PAUL MCGHEE): > www.LaughterRemedy.com <http://www.LaughterRemedy.com> > >  LEGAL FUNNYMAIL: > http://www.funnymail.com/lawjcrim.html > >  MAD MAGAZINE > http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/madmagazine/home.jsp > >  THE MAD MARTIAN MUSEUM OF MODERN MADNESS: > http://www.madmartian.com > >  MALEDICTA (REINHOLD AMAN): > http://www.sonic.net/maledicta > >  THE MOZILLA MUSEUM (TILMAN HAUSHERR): > http://www.snafu.de/~tilman/mozilla > >  NATIONAL LAMPOON > http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?srch=105&form=AS5&Q=national+lampoon > >  HUMOR AND MEDICINE (GREG KUHN): > http://www.natural-humor-medicine.com > >  THE ONION (CAROL KOLB): > http://www.theonion.com > >  PARENTING HUMOR (TIM BETE): > http://www.TimBete.com > >  PEANUTS (CHARLES SCHULZ): > http://www.schulzmuseum.org/ > >  POGO (WALT KELLY): > http://www.cartoon.org/kelly.htm > >  PHILIP ROTH SOCIETY (DEREK ROYAL) > http://rothsociety.org > >  PRAIRIE SPASS: NORTH DAKOTA HUMOR (RONALD J. VOSSLER): > http://www.nd-humanities.org/html/spass.html > >  THE QUEENS OF COMEDY (SUSAN HOROWITZ): > http://www.drsue.com > >  THE SIMPSONS (MATT GRUNING): > http://www.thesimpsons.com/ > >  VERBIVORE (RICHARD LEDERER): > http://www.verbivore.com > >  WORLD LAUGHTER TOUR (STEVE WILSON): > http://www.worldlaughtertour.com/ > >  THE WHOLE MIRTH CATALOGUE (ALLEN KLEIN): > http://www.allenklein.com > >  THE WHOLE WORLD TOILET PAPER MUSEUM (RICH TAGYERIT): > http://www.tagyerit.com/tp.htm > >  WOMEN'S HUMOR (JANE CURRY) > http://www.janecurry.com > > Don L. F. Nilsen, Historian > International Society for Humor Studies > English Linguistics, Arizona State Univ.> > Tempe, AZ 85287-0302 >   =============== Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/27/06 9:53 AM >>> Hello fellow TIPS-ters, I have been volunteered to give a talk on the psychology of humor (about which I know next to nothing) and also the physiology of laughter (about which I know nothing) in 2 weeks time, and I need help. Can any of you direct me toward helpful resources on this subject or share any material you have used? I am out of my depth here. Thank you! Julie Osland Assistant Professor of Psychology Wheeling Jesuit University 316 Washington Ave Wheeling, WV 26003 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]