Silly Homespun Brain Jokes By: Curtis Kelly Okay, I don’t claim to be much of a comedian, but I just can’t stop my brain from making silly brain jokes now
Category: December 2025 — Humor
Great Ideas from the Brain Sciences: Meaning-making
Great Ideas from the Brain Sciences: Meaning-making By: Mirela C. C. Ramacciotti What makes you want to learn something? Answers may vary from necessity to curiosity, and all the many
An Evolutionary Perspective on Predictive Processing
An Evolutionary Perspective on Predictive Processing By: Caroline Handley Natural selection informs organisms by an inductive gamble, which amounts to a bet that the present and future environments of contemporary
A Comedy Class That was Truly Funny
A Comedy Class That was Truly Funny By: David Kluge Introduction It is a puzzle why “explanations” of humor are absolutely NOT funny. I guess it proves the axiom that
Teaching the Discourse of Humor Across Cultures
Teaching the Discourse of Humor Across Cultures By: Christine Winskowski A few years ago, when I was teaching in Japan, I was talking to a younger Japanese colleague. I misstated
A Serious Business: Teaching and Using Jokes in the Classroom
A Serious Business: Teaching and Using Jokes in the Classroom By: Jamie Emerson The sound of nobody laughing Years ago, I was teaching in the room next to a novice