SCHEDULE

Week # 1 - January 11, 2012
Let’s laugh! Introduction: humor offensiveness, consents, and disclaimers.What is laughter? Recognizing, vocalizing, defining, and using laughter.

Week # 2 - January 18, 2012
Your Brain on Laughter! Physiology and evolution of laughter. Can laughter and/or humor be addictive? “Dogs may laugh but only cats get the joke!”Part 1.

Week # 3 - January 25, 2012
Your Brain on Laughter! Physiology and evolution of laughter. Can laughter and/or humor be addictive? “Dogs may laugh but only cats get the joke!”Part 2.

Week # 4 - February 1, 2012
Humor me! What is humor? Defining humor through its attributes: sources (stimuli), their perception and evaluation, behavioral responses.

Week # 5 - February 8, 2012
Are you laughing yet? Basic elements, factors, and subjects of effective humor. Linguistic studies of competence in communicating humor.