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Humour processing is a complex information-processing task that is dependent on cognitive and emotional aspects which presumably influence frame-shifting and conceptual blending, mental operations that underlie humour processing. The aim of the current study was to find distinctive groups of subjects with respect to black humour processing, intellectual capacities, mood disturbance and aggressiveness. A total of 156 adults rated black humour cartoons and conducted measurements of verbal and nonverbal intelligence, mood disturbance and aggressiveness. Cluster analysis yields three groups comprising following properties: (1) moderate black humour preference and moderate comprehension; average nonverbal and verbal intelligence; low mood disturbance and moderate aggressiveness; (2) low black humour preference and moderate comprehension; average nonverbal and verbal intelligence, high mood disturbance and high aggressiveness; and (3) high black humour preference and high comprehension; high nonverbal and verbal intelligence; no mood disturbance and low aggressiveness. Age and gender do not differ significantly, differences in education level can be found. Black humour preference and comprehension are positively associated with higher verbal and nonverbal intelligence as well as higher levels of education. Emotional instability and higher aggressiveness apparently lead to decreased levels of pleasure when dealing with black humour. These results support the hypothesis that humour processing involves cognitive as well as affective components and suggest that these variables influence the execution of frame-shifting and conceptual blending in the course of humour processing.

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Cognitive and emotional demands of black humour processing: the role of intelligence, aggressiveness and mood

Willinger

Hergovich

Schmoeger

et al. 2017

Cogn Process

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Spontaneous humor among right hemisphere stroke survivors

Heath

2005

Brain and Language

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Nature du lexique émotionnel produit en situation d’appréciation et de rejet de dessins d’humour noir et d’humour non noir.

Aillaud

Piolat

2014

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue canadienne

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étude est de montrer que le traitement de situations d'humour noir appréciées et rejetées provoque des réactions émotionnelles différentes de celles provoquées par des situations humoristiques plus standards. Aussi, après avoir évalué le degré d'incongruité, de surprise, de clarté et de drôlerie de 18 dessins soit d'humour noir, soit d'humour non noir, 283 étudiants ont choisi le dessin qu'ils avaient le plus apprécié et celui qu'ils avaient le moins apprécié. Ils ont justifié par écrit ces choix en décrivant leur ressenti émotionnel. Les résultats mettent en évidence une singularisation de l'humour noir concernant les émotions associées a `l'appréciation et au rejet de dessins humoristiques. Les participants exploitent plus de lexiques émotionnels pour décrire leur ressenti face a `un dessin d'humour noir que face a `un dessin d'humour non noir. Pour les deux types d'humour et pour les dessins appréciés et non appréciés, les participants utilisent le lexique émotionnel de valence positive et négative, car leur ressenti émotionnel est complexe et ambivalent. Ces résultats sont expliqués avec la théorie de l'évaluation cognitive de l'émotion (Sander & Scherer, 2009) qui implique une évaluation via des normes sociales et qui permet de comprendre que le contenu transgressif de l'humour noir provoque proportionnellement plus d'émotions de valence négative.

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More aggressive cartoons are funnier.

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Cognitive and emotional demands of black humour processing: the role of intelligence, aggressiveness and mood

Cognitive and emotional demands of black humour processing: the role of intelligence, aggressiveness and mood

Spontaneous humor among right hemisphere stroke survivors

Nature du lexique émotionnel produit en situation d’appréciation et de rejet de dessins d’humour noir et d’humour non noir.

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