Key words: Humor, laughter

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Interconnectedness

Interconnectedness

Missed connections

Community pairs with high citation-based distance but low semantic distance

From

To

Diff. Score

Citation-Based Distance (Z)

Semantic Distance (Z)

c33: Humor

c58: Attitude

2.77

1.28

-1.49

c33: Humor

c32: Experience

2.71

1.29

-1.42

c33: Humor

c62: Culture

2.61

1.28

-1.33

c33: Humor

c28: Expressive writing

2.59

1.29

-1.3

c33: Humor

c66: Experience (music)

2.54

1.29

-1.25

Central articles

  1. Humorous communication: Finding a place for humor in communication research.

    O. Lynch. 2002.

  2. The Use of Humor in Serious Mental Illness: A Review

    M. Gelkopf. 2011. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM

  3. Individual differences in the communication of humorous messages

    S. Booth-Butterfield, M. Booth-Butterfield. 1991.

  4. Laughter in Bill Clinton’s My life (2004) interviews

    D. O’connell, S. Kowal. 2005.

  5. Cognitive Processes in Humor Appreciation

    J. Suls. 1983.

  6. The purpose and function of humour in health, health care and nursing: a narrative review.

    M. McCreaddie, S. Wiggins. 2008. Journal of advanced nursing

  7. Positive and Negative Styles of Humor in Communication: Evidence for the Importance of Considering Both Styles

    A. Cann, Christine L. Zapata, Heather B. Davis. 2009.

  8. The therapeutic value of laughter in medicine.

    R. Mora-Ripoll. 2010. Alternative therapies in health and medicine

  9. Rawls, Fraser, redistribution, recognition and The World Summit on the Information Society

    Richard Collins. 2007.

  10. Effectiveness of humor intervention for patients with schizophrenia: a randomized controlled trial.

    C. Cai, Liping Yu, Lan Rong, Hanling Zhong. 2014. Journal of psychiatric research