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Humor Production

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  1. Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

    Rachael Carmen

  2. Dominican College, Orangeburg, NY, USA

    Haley Dillon

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  1. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA

    Todd K. Shackelford

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    Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford

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  1. Department of Psychological Sciences, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA

    Gary L Brase

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Carmen, R., Dillon, H. (2019). Humor Production. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1888-1

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