 Wit and Humor as Topic
"Wit and Humor as Topic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The faculty of expressing the amusing, clever, or comical or the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
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D014925
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K01.517.946
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wit and Humor as Topic" by people in Profiles.
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Ivancevic A. Finding motivation in the lighter side of science. Nature. 2020 05; 581(7806):108.
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Phillips KA, Singh Ospina N, Rodriguez-Gutierrez R, Castaneda-Guarderas A, Gionfriddo MR, Branda M, Montori V. Humor During Clinical Practice: Analysis of Recorded Clinical Encounters. J Am Board Fam Med. 2018 Mar-Apr; 31(2):270-278.
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Melton LM. If I don't laugh, I'll cry: Exploring humor coping in breast cancer. J Psychosoc Oncol. 2016 Nov-Dec; 34(6):530-541.
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Stellpflug SJ, Cole JB, Lavonas EJ. The poison pen: How confident are we about iocane? J Med Toxicol. 2014 Jun; 10(2):249-50.
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Alverson BK, Wilson KM, Shah SS. A randomized trial of facilitated family-centered rounds. Hosp Pediatr. 2013 Apr; 3(2):156-61.
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McGraw AP, Warren C, Williams LE, Leonard B. Too close for comfort, or too far to care? Finding humor in distant tragedies and close mishaps. Psychol Sci. 2012 Oct 01; 23(10):1215-23.
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McGraw AP, Warren C. Benign violations: making immoral behavior funny. Psychol Sci. 2010 Aug; 21(8):1141-9.
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Terr LC, Deeney JM, Drell M, Dodson JW, Gaensbauer TJ, Massie H, Minde K, Stewart G, Teal S, Winters NC. Playful "moments" in psychotherapy. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2006 May; 45(5):604-13.
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