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Why research with clinical groups should give us a ‘good laugh’

A commentary on ‘Humour experience in schizophrenia: relationship with executive dysfunction and psychosocial impairment’ by Tsoi et al. (2008)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2008

R. Corcoran
R. Corcoran*
Affiliation:
Academic Division of Psychiatry, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
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*Address for correspondence: Dr R. Corcoran, Academic Division of Psychiatry, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, A Floor, South Block, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK. (Email: rhiannon.corcoran@nottingham.ac.uk)
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Keywords

Humour appreciationsocial cognition
Type
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 38 , Issue 6 , June 2008 , pp. 787 - 789
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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