Baer John - Creativity and Humor

1. Tables in Chapter 1
2. Tables in Chapter 2
3. Tables in Chapter 4
4. Tables in Chapter 5
5. Tables in Chapter 8

1. Figures in Chapter 4
2. Figures in Chapter 5
3. Figures in Chapter 7
4. Figures in Chapter 8
5. Figures in Chapter 9

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Sarah R. Luria

University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States

John Baer

Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ, United States

James C. Kaufman

University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States

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James C. Kaufman, 1University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States , 2Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ, United States

Creativity and humor are both individual traits and abilities that are valued by the average person yet typically not examined in particular detail. The idea of scientists studying creativity and humorlet alone trying to measure themmay even strike some laypeople as absurd. However, humor has long been a component of creativity research ().