Table of Contents

1 Felt Versus Feigned Funniness: Issues in Coding Smiling and Laughing.- 2 The Role of Arousal and Hemispheric Lateralization in Humor.- 3 Cognitive Processes in Humor Appreciation.- 4 Linguistics and Humor.- 5 Disparagement Humor.- 6 Humor Development: Toward a Life Span Approach.- 7 Humor and Laughter in Social Interaction and Some Implications for Humor Research.- 8 Sociological Approaches to the Study of Humor.- 9 Humor Research, Methodology, and Theory in Anthropology.- 10 Notes Toward a Field Theory of Humor.- Author Index.