Psychophysiological Correlates of Cartoon Humor Appreciation

Abstract. The aim of the study was to explore the effects of situational stress and anxiety in a group of healthy elderly, both in terms of psychophysiological correlates and cognitive performance. Eighteen participants ( Mage = 70 ± 6.3; range 60–85) were assessed for anxiety and were instructed to perform a computerized math task, under both a stressful and a control condition, while near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) signal and electrocardiography (ECG) were recorded. NIRS results evidenced an increased activation of right PFC during the entire procedure, even if effect sizes between left and right channels were larger during the experimental condition. The amount of right activation during the stressful condition was positively correlated with anxiety. Response times (RTs) were slower in more anxious than in less anxious individuals, both during the control and stressful conditions. Accuracy was lower in more anxious than in less anxious individuals, only during the stressful condition. Moreover, heart rate (HR) was not modulated by situational stress, nor by anxiety. Overall, the present study suggests that in healthy elderly, anxiety level has a significant impact on cerebral responses, and both on the amount of cognitive resources and the quality of performance in stressful situations.

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Causes, Consequences, and Psychophysiological Correlates of Emotion

Contemporary Psychology ◽

10.1037/028274 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 156-157

Author(s):

Pawel Lewicki ◽

Lynn Roach ◽

Thomas Vitro

Keyword(s):

Psychophysiological Correlates

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Psychophysiological correlates of human adaptation in Antarctica.

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e480052004-001 ◽

1989 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lawrence A. Palinkas ◽

E. Eric Gunderson ◽

Ralph G. Burr

Keyword(s):

Human Adaptation ◽

Psychophysiological Correlates

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Psychophysiological correlates of pre- and post-surgery stress in cardiosurgical patients

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e516202012-047 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

E. A. Levin ◽

A. N. Savostyanov ◽

V. G. Postnov ◽

M. Kh. Kadochnikova ◽

O. V . Zhukova

Keyword(s):

Post Surgery ◽

Psychophysiological Correlates

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Perceptual and psychophysiological correlates of false memory with age

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e527352012-875 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Samantha C. Otero ◽

Sam B. Hutton ◽

Brendan S. Weekes

Keyword(s):

False Memory ◽

Psychophysiological Correlates

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Too close for comfort or too far to care? The role of psychological distance in humor appreciation

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e620972012-160 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

A. Peter McGraw ◽

Caleb Warren ◽

Lawrence Williams ◽

Bridget Leonard

Keyword(s):

Psychological Distance ◽

Humor Appreciation

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Right-Wing Authoritarians Aren't Very Funny: RWA, Personality, and Creative Humor Production

10.31234/osf.io/rwpgn ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Paul Silvia ◽

Alexander P. Christensen ◽

Katherine N. Cotter

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Latent Variable ◽

Latent Variable Models ◽

Openness To Experience ◽

Rasch Models ◽

Right Wing ◽

Right Wing Authoritarianism ◽

Humor Appreciation ◽

Negative Effect

Right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) has well-known links with humor appreciation, such as enjoying jokes that target deviant groups, but less is known about RWA and creative humor production—coming up with funny ideas oneself. A sample of 186 young adults completed a measure of RWA, the HEXACO-100, and 3 humor production tasks that involved writing funny cartoon captions, creating humorous definitions for quirky concepts, and completing joke stems with punchlines. The humor responses were scored by 8 raters and analyzed with many-facet Rasch models. Latent variable models found that RWA had a large, significant effect on humor production (β = -.47 [-.65, -.30], p < .001): responses created by people high in RWA were rated as much less funny. RWA’s negative effect on humor was smaller but still significant (β = -.25 [-.49, -.01], p = .044) after controlling for Openness to Experience (β = .39 [.20, .59], p < .001) and Conscientiousness (β = -.21 [-.41, -.02], p = .029). Taken together, the findings suggest that people high in RWA just aren’t very funny.

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Turnover among medical clowns early in their career

Australian Journal of Career Development ◽

10.1177/1038416221994567 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 106-116

Author(s):

Abira Reizer ◽

Meni Koslowsky ◽

Rivki Antilevich-Steg

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Individual Differences ◽

Traumatic Experiences ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Humor Appreciation ◽

Three Phase ◽

Research Findings ◽

Turnover Behavior ◽

Actual Turnover

In recent years, several investigations of the medical clowning profession have appeared in the literature. However, few studies have focused on factors associated with turnover among medical clowns early in their careers. The current study examined whether individual differences in humor disposition predicted turnover behavior. Participants were 111 medical clowns in a three-phase longitudinal study. Humor disposition was measured in the first week of their training, clowns' job satisfaction two months later, and turnover six months after that. Results showed that humor appreciation decreased actual turnover through the mediating role of job satisfaction, whereas individual differences in humor creation directly decreased turnover. In addition, previous traumatic experiences moderated the associations between humor appreciation and turnover. Overall, our research findings support the notion that humor disposition can help predict which clowns remain in the hospital.

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