I recently had the privilege of presenting a paper at the 2024 conference of the International Society of Humor Studies. It was during that meeting that I had the idea of interviewing leading experts ...

Researchers are taking the first steps towards of a quantum theory model of humor, to explain what really happens on the cognitive level in the moment when we 'get the joke.' Why was 6 afraid of 7?

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. For psychologists who study humor, this statement is a classic. It embodies the ambiguity of language that much humor exploits. In this case, the ...

Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 789. Whether this pun makes you giggle or groan in pain, your reaction is a consequence of the ambiguity of the joke. Thus far, models have not been able to fully ...