All Stories

  1. The association between class clown dimensions, school experiences and accomplishment

    Article • Learning and Individual Differences, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Willibald Ruch, Dr Tracey Platt

  2. Gelotophobia in practice and the implications of ignoring it

    Article • European Journal of Humour Research, May 2016, Estonian Literary Museum of Scholarly Press

    Dr Tracey Platt

  3. Laughter Research: A Review of the ILHAIRE Project

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gary J McKeown, Dr. Willibald Ruch, Dr Tracey Platt

  4. The psychology of humor: Basic research and translation.

    Article • Translational Issues in Psychological Science, January 2016, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Tracey Platt

  5. Testing the relations of gelotophobia with humour as a coping strategy, self-ascribed loneliness, reflectivity, attractiveness, self-acceptance, and life expectations

    Article • European Journal of Humour Research, March 2015, Estonian Literary Museum of Scholarly Press

    Dr René T Proyer, Dr Tracey Platt

  6. The influence of a virtual companion on amusement when watching funny films

    Article • Motivation and Emotion, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Willibald Ruch, Dr Tracey Platt

  7. Review of humor

    Article • Humor - International Journal of Humor Research, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Dr. Willibald Ruch, Dr Tracey Platt

  8. Individual differences in gelotophobia and responses to laughter-eliciting emotions

    Article • Personality and Individual Differences, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Willibald Ruch, Dr Tracey Platt

  9. Gelotophobia and the Challenges of Implementing Laughter into Virtual Agents Interactions

    Article • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, November 2014, Frontiers

    Dr. Willibald Ruch, Dr Tracey Platt

  10. The character strengths of class clowns

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, September 2014, Frontiers

    Dr. Willibald Ruch, Dr Tracey Platt

  11. The state-of-the art in gelotophobia research: A review and some theoretical extensions

    Article • Humor - International Journal of Humor Research, January 2014, De Gruyter

    Dr René T Proyer, Dr. Willibald Ruch, Dr Tracey Platt

  12. Components and determinants of the shift between own persona and the clown persona: A hierarchical analysis

    Article • European Journal of Humour Research, December 2013, Estonian Literary Museum of Scholarly Press

    Dr. Willibald Ruch, Dr Tracey Platt

  13. Towards Automated Full Body Detection of Laughter Driven by Human Expert Annotation

    Article • September 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Willibald Ruch, Dr Tracey Platt

  14. An investigation of the emotions elicited by hospital clowns in comparison to circus clowns and nursing staff

    Article • European Journal of Humour Research, September 2013, Estonian Literary Museum of Scholarly Press

    Dr. Willibald Ruch, Dr Tracey Platt

  15. Dealing with laughter and ridicule in adolescence: relations with bullying and emotional responses

    Article • Social Psychology of Education, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr René T Proyer, Dr. Willibald Ruch, Dr Tracey Platt

  16. Investigating facial features of four types of laughter in historic illustrations

    Article • European Journal of Humour Research, March 2013, Estonian Literary Museum of Scholarly Press

    Dr. Willibald Ruch, Dr Tracey Platt

  17. Duchenne display responses towards sixteen enjoyable emotions: Individual differences between no and fear of being laughed at

    Article • Motivation and Emotion, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr René T Proyer, Dr. Willibald Ruch, Dr Tracey Platt

  18. How does psychopathy relate to humor and laughter? Dispositions toward ridicule and being laughed at, the sense of humor, and psychopathic personality traits

    Article • International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr René T Proyer, Dr. Willibald Ruch, Dr Tracey Platt

  19. Assessing Gelotophobia, Gelotophilia, and Katagelasticism in Children: An Initial Study on How Six to Nine-Year-Olds Deal with Laughter and Ridicule and How This Relates to Bullying and Victimization

    Article • Child Indicators Research, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr René T Proyer, Dr. Willibald Ruch, Dr Tracey Platt

  20. Self-conscious emotions and ridicule: Shameful gelotophobes and guilt free katagelasticists

    Article • Personality and Individual Differences, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr René T Proyer, Dr. Willibald Ruch, Dr Tracey Platt

  21. The emotions of gelotophobes: Shameful, fearful, and joyless?

    Article • Humor - International Journal of Humor Research, January 2009, De Gruyter

    Dr. Willibald Ruch, Dr Tracey Platt

  22. Emotional responses to ridicule and teasing: Should gelotophobes react differently?

    Article • Humor - International Journal of Humor Research, January 2008, De Gruyter

    Dr Tracey Platt