Busse Library provides these titles and websites for students and faculty seeking information about laughter/humor research and laughter therapy. Books listed here are a sampling available in the library and elsewhere. Websites reflect selected topics.
The Physiology of Laughter -- Laughter/Humor Therapy -- Laughter/Humor Research -- General Humor Resources -- Busse Library Resources
- "He Who Laughs Less?" From Life's Little Questions II, American Frontiers (PBS) -- air date of Jan. 30, 2001
- "Laughter." By Dr. Robert R. Provine. American Scientist Jan/Feb 1996.
- "The Physiology of Laughter." By Herbert Spencer. First published in Macmillan's, March, 1860
- Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH)
- The Gesundheit Institute -- Patch Adams facility
- Humor Therapy: Holistic-online.com
- Jest for the Health of It! By Patty Wooten
- American Humor Studies Association (AASA)
- Australian Journal of Comedy
- The Art Gliner Center for Humor Studies: University of Maryland
- Dr. Jason Rutter. Humor Research: ESRC Center for Research on Innovation and Competition (UK)
- Humor: The International Journal of Humor Research -- view TOC online
- The Humor Project
- Humor Research Bibliography: International Society for Humor Studies (ISHS). By Mary Bennett -- nursing focus
- Humor Research: University of Dusseldorf (Germany) -- gateway maintained by Willibald Ruch
- Humor Resources: Reading List. Bibliography compiled by the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH)
- The International Society for Humor Studies (ISHS): Executive Secretary's Page
- Researching Humor and Laughter -- directory of scholars from ISHS
- Studies in American Humor -- journal of the AASA
- BBCAmerica.com: Britcoms -- exported programs for the U.S.
- Comedy Central
- Google: Humor: Magazines
- Google: Politics: Humor
- Google: Recreation: Humor
- HumorSearch: The Web's Source for Humor
- Apte, Mahadev L. Humor and laughter: an anthropological approach / 1985. GN454.55 .A68 1985
- Berger, Arthur Asa. Blind men and elephants: perspectives on humor / c1995. PN6147 .B48 1995
- Berger, Peter L. Redeeming laughter: the comic dimension of human experience / c1997. BR115.C63 B47 1997
- Chapman, Antony J. Humour and laughter: theory, research, and applications / c1976. BF575.L3 H87
- Cousins, Norman. Anatomy of an illness as perceived by the patient / c1979. RC924 .C65 1979
- Lewis, Michael. Handbook of emotions / c1993. BF561 .H35 1993, Ref
- McGhee, Paul E. Humor, its origin and development / c1979. BF723.H85 M32
- McGhee, Paul E. Handbook of humor research / c1983. BF575.L3 H36 1983
- Morreall, John. Taking laughter seriously / c1983. BF575.L3 M65 1983
- Nash, Walter. The language of humor / 1985. PR931 .N37 1985
- Shalit, Gene. Laughing matters: a celebration of American humor / c1987. PN6157 .L38 1987
- Walker, Barbara K. Laughing together: giggles and grins from around the globe / 1992. j 808.88 La6
- Ziv, Avner. National styles of humor / 1988. PN6147 .N34 1988
- Ziv, Avner. Personality and sense of humor / c1984. BF575.L3 Z58 1984
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