Wit Happens: A Light-hearted Dive into the Science of Humour. A free public lecture on the psychology of humour at the start of Aberystwyth Comedy Festival. Friday, October 3. Tickets at abercomedyfest.co.uk/show/2025/dr... (via @machcomedyfest) @charliemuss.bsky.social @prifaber.bsky.social

A blog post describing my study, written by Nancy Segal, the top twin researcher in the world and a collaborator on the study. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/twof...

Our new study on the heritablity of humor ability. Surprising result, no heritablity for humor production, only for self-assessed humor. Possible null effect due to low power, skewed sample, artificial tasks, and other factors. First study on the topic. See: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Dr Gil Greengross from our Psychology Department has spoken to the Daily Mail to discuss his research about whether being able to crack a good joke runs in the family.

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Laura Betzig writes a wonderful tribute to the late Don Symons who died recently. His 1979 book, The Evolution of Human Sexuality, is perhaps the first true evolutionary psychology book and is still a great read today.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

Had the pleasure to visit Shrewsbury School and get a wonderful tour at their ancient libary. Charles Darwin attended this boarding school as a kid at the ages of 9-15. Among the amazing books in the library there is this original copy of the first edition of The Origin of Species.

A skeptical look at the health benefits of humor and laughter. My article in @psychmag.bsky.social
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Cracking the joke…
Dr @giligg.bsky.social rethinks the health benefits of humour and laughter.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

I was surprised to see an incorrect definition of sex in the
@sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social in London. Sex is defined by gamete size—not physical appearances, chromosomes, or hormones, which are derivatives of the definition.

Cool article on the evolution of kissing: "evidence supports that kissing isn't a derived signal of affection in humans, it instead represents a surviving devolved, vestigial form of primate grooming that conserved its ancestral form, context, and function."

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For those interested in humor research, a nice interview with me and other humor researchers for science cafe Wales: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...