/articles/channels/Humor This [feature]/[breaking news]/[focus] channel highlights experts, research, and feature stories related to... en-us Copyright 2024 News 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/how-ghost-stories-came-to-haunt-halloween-expert-explains/?sc=c6307 /articles/how-ghost-stories-came-to-haunt-halloween-expert-explains/?sc=c6307 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:05:46 EST Life Â鶹´«Ã½ (Pop Culture) Feature Expert <img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2024/10/08/670593e4a0365_King202410040058.jpg&width=100&height=150" alt="Â鶹´«Ã½ image" />Virginia Tech English department instructor Ingrid Johnson, who teaches a course on "Monsters, Madness, and the Macabre," provides insights into how Halloween and ghost stories became so intertwined, and the influence ghost stories have in pop culture. /articles//images/uploads/2024/10/08/670593e4a0365_King202410040058.jpg Virginia Tech /articles/looking-for-unique-stories-centered-on-the-winter-holidays-check-out-the-winter-holidays-channel/?sc=c6307 /articles/looking-for-unique-stories-centered-on-the-winter-holidays-check-out-the-winter-holidays-channel/?sc=c6307 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:15:27 EST Addiction,Healthspan,Agriculture,Alcohol and Alcoholism,Allergies,Alzheimer's and Dementia,Arts and Entertainment,Asthma,Behavioral Science,Birds,Business Ethics,Children's Health,Dermatology,Diabetes,Digestive Disorders,Economics,Education,Emergency Medicine,Entrepreneurship,Family and Parenting,Food and Water Safety,Food Science,Gaming,Genetics,Green Tech,Health Food,Healthcare,Heart Disease,History,In the Home,In the Workplace,Infectious Diseases,Internet Trends,Kidney Disease,LGBTQ Issues,Marijuana,Marketing,Mathematics,Media and Journalism,Medical Tourism,Men's Health,Mental Health,Military Health,Mindfulness,Nursing,Nutrition,Obesity,Oral Health,Pain,Parkinson’s Disease,Pets,Plants,Poverty,Psychology and Psychiatry,Race and Ethnicity,Religion,Abortion and Reproductive Freedom,Rural Issues,Seniors,Sex and Relationships,Sleep,Smoking,Surgery,Technology,Transplantation,Trauma,Travel and Transportation,Veterinary Medicine,Weight Loss,Women in Business,Women's Health,Top Hit Stories Medical Â鶹´«Ã½,Science Â鶹´«Ã½,Life Â鶹´«Ã½ (Arts and Humanities),Business News Feature It's the moooost wonderful time...of the year! 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For media working on stories about the seasonal return to school, here are the latest features and experts in the Back-To-School channel on Â鶹´«Ã½. News /articles/that-s-funny-but-ai-models-don-t-get-the-joke/?sc=c6307 /articles/that-s-funny-but-ai-models-don-t-get-the-joke/?sc=c6307 Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:05:40 EST Artificial Intelligence,Technology Science News Research Results Using hundreds of entries from the New Yorker magazine's Cartoon Caption Contest as a testbed, researchers challenged AI models and humans with three tasks: matching a joke to a cartoon; identifying a winning caption; and explaining why a winning caption is funny. 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Christian Seiter, assistant professor of human communication studies at Cal State Fullerton, analyzes how different emotions -- such as worry and humor -- impact people's willingness to confront their mortality. /articles//images/uploads/2023/02/27/63fcc0ceca1b9_ChristianSeiter.JPG California State University, Fullerton /articles/another-new-batch-of-stories-in-the-behavioral-science-channel/?sc=c6307 /articles/another-new-batch-of-stories-in-the-behavioral-science-channel/?sc=c6307 Thu, 26 Jan 2023 16:15:21 EST Healthspan,Alzheimer's and Dementia,Artificial Intelligence,Autism,Back to School,Bullying,Cardiovascular Health,Children's Health,Civil Liberties,Cognition and Learning,Drugs and Drug Abuse,Economics,Education,Entrepreneurship,Ethics and Research Methods,Family and Parenting,Gaming,Government and Law,Healthcare,History,In the Home,In the Workplace,Internet Trends,Marijuana,Marketing,Media and Journalism,Mental Health,Mindfulness,Neuro,Nursing,Pain,Poverty,Psychology and Psychiatry,Public Health,Abortion and Reproductive Freedom,Rural Issues,Seniors,Sex and Relationships,Sleep,Social Media,Speech & Language,Substance Abuse,Trauma,Travel and Transportation,Top Hit Stories Medical Â鶹´«Ã½,Science Â鶹´«Ã½,Life Â鶹´«Ã½ (Social and Behavioral Sciences),Business News Research Tip Sheet Below are some of the latest articles that have been added to the Behavioral Science channel on Â鶹´«Ã½, a free source for journalists. 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News /articles/humour-used-in-english-language-terrorist-propaganda-magazines-to-reinforce-identity-study-shows/?sc=c6307 /articles/humour-used-in-english-language-terrorist-propaganda-magazines-to-reinforce-identity-study-shows/?sc=c6307 Fri, 12 Aug 2022 17:05:48 EST Media and Journalism,Terrorism/Homeland Security,All Journal News Life Â鶹´«Ã½ (Social and Behavioral Sciences) Research Results Humour is used in English-language jihadi terrorist magazines to reinforce identity and help groups bond, research suggests. University of Exeter /articles/enhancing-foreign-language-learning-with-humor-what-does-and-does-not-work/?sc=c6307 /articles/enhancing-foreign-language-learning-with-humor-what-does-and-does-not-work/?sc=c6307 Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:05:20 EST All Journal Â鶹´«Ã½,Education,Speech & Language Life Â鶹´«Ã½ (Education) Research Results Humor has a large role to play when it comes to engaging students in a classroom environment. 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