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Publication details [#55216]
Weisfeld, Glenn E., Nicole T. Nowak, Todd Lucas and Carol C. Weisfeld. 2011. Do women seek humorousness in men because it signals intelligence? A cross-cultural test. Humor 24 (4) : 435–462. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
Annotation
This cross-cultural study examines and compares the role of marital humor in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Turkey, and Russia, in order to test Miller's hypothesis that people look for humor in a mate as humor is linked to intelligence, which would be valued in a spouse.