The influence of humor on desirability

By Eric Bressler, S. Balshine. 2006

157 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Gender Studies, Social Psychology

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. C. Yarnal
2. A. Bell
3. Gil Greengross
4. D. Kerstetter
5. Andrew Sih
6. G. Miller
7. H. Gibson
8. X. Shen

In Gender Studies

1. C. Yarnal
2. Gil Greengross
3. G. Miller
4. H. Gibson
5. K. Henderson
6. X. Shen

In Social Psychology

1. C. Yarnal
2. Andrew Sih
3. Garry Chick
4. D. Kerstetter
5. Gil Greengross
6. A. Bell
7. G. Miller
8. G. Kyle

Citations in the corpus

• Humor ability reveals intelligence, predicts mating success, and is higher in males. (2011, background): “…on average and produced a larger number of captions, consistent with the sexual signaling hypothesis in which men try (unconsciously) to signal their mate quality through their humor ability, and women are more responsive to and discriminating about humor (Bressler & Balshine, 2006; Miller, 2000).”
• “I Did Not Have Time to Play Growing Up… So This is My Play Time. It's the Best Thing I Have Ever Done for Myself”: What is Play to Older Women? (2008, background): “Bressler and Balshine (2006) noted that although several theories about why humor might be evolutionarily advantageous exist, these theories remain largely unexplored.”
• Insights for Behavioral Ecology from Behavioral Syndromes. (2008, background): “This could, in part, explain the human female preference for males that are funny (Bressler and Balshine, 2006).”