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Publication details [#56637]
Ford, Thomas E., Brianna L. Ford and Christie F. Boxer. 2012. Effect of humor on state anxiety and math performance. Humor 25 (1) : 59–74.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study confirms that exposure to humorous material (such as funny cartoons) prior to accomplishing a difficult math test decreases the anxiety level linked to the test, thus increasing performance.