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To cringe or not to cringe: the role of individual variability in the perception of Covid-19 humor

2024-08-06

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<p>Humans share a laugh in response to comic uses of language and tend to find the fun side of events also when facing misfortunes. This is the case of cringe humor, in which others suffer while eliciting some awkwardness in the perceiver. At the emotional level, cringe humor pairs with reduced appreciation and increased discomfort, an ensemble of mixed emotions close to disgust. Accordingly, cringe humor matches...

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Literature Corpus work: 6d0bfb50-786a-5a91-adf9-5c8075ec8d8b
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/umjzb

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