In another study conducted at MIT, two groups of participants (professional designers and improv comedians) were asked to brainstorm ideas. Improv artists generated 20% more ideas than the designers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with depressive symptoms used more humor and sarcasm to cope with challenges brought on by the COVID-19 ...

Webster’s New World College Dictionary defines sarcasm as “a taunting, sneering, cutting or caustic remark,” while the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary — which calls itself the “one of the world’s ...

In two recent posts, I touched on both nonverbal and verbal types of formal humor. In this one, I continue our review of the latter category by discussing two styles of humor seen quite regularly in ...

Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father, printer and inventor, realized at a young age that a virtuous life led to powerful goodwill to the general populace. His pragmatic approach to life caused Franklin ...

If you want to be happier and improve your relationships, cut out sarcasm. Why? Because sarcasm is actually hostility disguised as humor. Despite smiling outwardly, many people who receive sarcastic ...

Some leaders use humor instinctively; many more could wield it purposefully. by Brad Bitterly and Alison Wood Brooks A few years ago, we conducted a research study in which we asked people to help us ...

Back in 1970, the social activist Irina Dunn scribbled a slogan on the back of a toilet cubicle door at the University of Sydney. It said: “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.” The phrase ...

Reaction to the potentially seismic changes being pushed through by 12 of the world’s biggest clubs ranged from humor to sarcasm to condemnation and anger. As a slew of foreign-owned clubs announced ...

(CNN) – Just as Mitt Romney’s campaign ramped up outreach to Latino voters at the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, his “off the cuff comments” that it “would be helpful to be Latino” to win the ...