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16 - What Are Funny People Like?

Exploring the Crossroads of Humor Ability and Openness to Experience

from Part III - Creativity and Personality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2017

Gregory J. Feist
Affiliation:
San José State University, California
Roni Reiter-Palmon
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska, Omaha
James C. Kaufman
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut
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