Experimental study of humour recognition in interrupted and uninterrupted textsстатья
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Аннотация:In the three experimental series, the influence of
certain parameters of cognitive organisation on humour
recognition in texts was studied. 50 funny
stories were divided into 2 parts: an introduction
and a punchline. Then a non-funny ending for each
story was designed so as to make banal versions of
the stories. In the first series 25 texts, randomly
chosen from the list, were presented in either a
humorous or a non-humorous version, without
repeating the stories. The task for the subjects (n
= 60) was to establish if the story was funny, or not,
as soon as possible. The percentage of correct
humour recognition was 85.07. It was also shown
that the time required for reading and evaluating a
humorous version of a story was significantly more
than for a non-humorous one. In the second and the
third series, the separate exposure mode was utilised:
first, the introduction appeared on the screen,
upon reading it a subject pressed - "enter", either a
humorous or a non-humorous ending randomly
selected from the list appeared on the screen. Subjects
performed the same task as in the first series.
The percentage of humour recognition significantly
decreased in comparison with the first series. In the
third series the time gap between an introduction
and an ending varied: it could be 100, 500 or 1000
ms. It was shown that an increase of the time gap
resulted in the dehumorisation effect.