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Review
. 2024 Feb:55:101722.
doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101722. Epub 2023 Nov 2.

Humor intelligence: Production, perception, prediction, and measurement

Maurice E Schweitzer  1
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Humor intelligence: Production, perception, prediction, and measurement

Maurice E Schweitzer. Curr Opin Psychol. 2024 Feb.

Abstract

We introduce Humor Intelligence (HI) as a distinct form of intelligence. We distinguish HI from both General Intelligence (IQ) and Emotional Intelligence (EI), and we identify three key components of HI: Production, Perception, and Prediction. Production represents the ability to generate and deliver humor; perception represents the ability to recognize humor; and prediction represents the ability to forecast what others will find funny. We introduce a measure to assess Humor Production.

Keywords: Emotional Intelligence (EI); General Intelligence (IQ); Humor Intelligence (HI).

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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