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	EducationGuardian.co.uk \| Humanities \| Scientists close in on world's funniest joke
		But on the evidence so far, Laughlab is not likely to match the famous Monty Python sketch which involved a joke so lethal that specially trained British army platoons could only be trusted with a few words each.
		Laughlab is the brainchild of a University of Hertfordshire psychologist, Richard Wiseman.
		Since Laughlab's launch in September - it is designed to last the whole of the government-sponsored Science Year - more than 100,000 people from 70 countries have visited the laughlab.co.uk website, submitted a total of 10,000 jokes and rated them on a specially designed "laughometer".
	education.guardian.co.uk /higher/humanities/story/0,9850,622310,00.html (598 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Revealed: the funniest joke in the world
		People logging onto the LaughLab website were invited to rate jokes using a "Giggleometer" which had a five-point scale ranging from "not very funny" to "very funny".
		People taking part in the LaughLab experiment were asked to answer questions that involved making various estimates - such as guessing the number of words on one page of a typical paperback novel.
		Research suggests that people who were good at this kind of task (the correct answer to the paperback question was 500) tended to have better frontal lobe activation than poor performers.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,3604,803780,00.html (810 words)

	str-act! Site/Week: Laugh-Lab
		The British Laugh-Laboratory (laughlab for short) is one of the more amusing examples.
		To prove their point, the laughlap has already gathered more than 10.000 jokes and over 100.000 people from over 70 countries rated them, as Dr Wiseman, chief researcher of Laughlab, is proud to point out.
		So apart from the amusing topic of the laughlab, we should not forget that the Internet changes research as such more than we might think (actually, things like "distributed computing" come to mind).
	www.str-act.com /_service/sw/sw_ausgabe.php?id=377 (528 words)

	Laughlab, by Association 0099446871 by BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE... from Book Megastore online shop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Laughlab, by Association 0099446871 by BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE...
		Over a 12-month period, a huge on-line experiment was undertaken by Laughlab to find the world's funniest joke.
		This book marks the conclusion of the experiment and is packed with endlessly entertaining results of the research that will appeal to all ages.
	edirectory.co.uk /book_megastore/pages/moreinfoa.asp?pe=CIEEBEAQ_+... (324 words)

	CNN.com - Official! World's funniest joke - Oct. 3, 2002
		The LaughLab research, carried out by psychologist Dr. Richard Wiseman, from the University of Hertfordshire, attracted more than 40,000 jokes and almost two million ratings.
		People logging onto the LaughLab Web site were invited to rate jokes using a "Giggleometer" which had a five-point scale ranging from "not very funny" to "very funny".
		One intriguing result was that Germans -- not renowned for their sense of humour -- found just about everything funny and did not express a strong preference for any type of joke.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/TECH/science/10/03/joke.funniest (520 words)

	Electric Assortment from Spacedog UK - website of sound artist and engineer Sarah Angliss
		Laughlab was a global, web-based, scientific experiment to find the world's funniest joke.
		Laughlab was sponsored by Science Year (now Planet Science) and the British Association.
		According to the Laughlab website, the winning joke was submitted by Gurpal Gosall, a 31-year-old psychiatrist from Manchester, UK.
	www.spacedog.biz /laughlab.htm (253 words)

	Impact Lab - The Anatomy of a Great Joke
		Laughlab found that jokes mentioning ducks were seen as funnier than other jokes.
		Laughlab computers also recorded the date and time that each person from the UK rated the jokes in LaughLab.
		Dr Richard Wiseman, the psychologist behind the LaughLab project, said: "This joke is interesting because it works across many different countries, appeals to men and women, and young and old alike.
	www.impactlab.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8213 (758 words)

	Laura Lee News - World's Funniest Joke Revealed
		The LaughLab experiment was run by psychologist Richard Wiseman and colleagues at the University of Hertfordshire, UK.
		The LaughLab results might also help scientists attempting to get computers to create truly entertaining jokes, he says.
		However, about one third of jokes submitted to LaughLab were rejected by the moderators for being offensive or rude.
	www.lauralee.com /news/funniestjoke.htm (460 words)

	Jews Demand You Laugh At Their Jokes - OD Board
		While, according to Waldoks, 60% to 70% of people in the humor industry (writers, comedians, etc.) are Jews, there is not a single joke involving Jews in the survey's top tier.
		LaughLab, created by the University of Hertfordshire in England and the British Association for the Advancement of Science, conducted a yearlong survey via the Internet, in which more than 2 million people passed judgment on 40,000 jokes.
		In addition to the most popular jokes, LaughLab yielded some very surprising results about what jokes are appealing to individual nationalities.
	www.originaldissent.com /forums/showthread.php?t=3289 (829 words)

	Summary of results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		For over a year, huge numbers of people from all over the world have sent in their favourite jokes and rated how funny they found the jokes submitted by others.
		LaughLab certainly captured the public's imagination – we received over 40,000 jokes and almost 2 million ratings!
		In December 2001 we released some of our preliminary results - we have now analysed all of our data and are delighted to announce our final findings.
	www.laughlab.co.uk /summary.html (95 words)

	Countrybookshop.co.uk - Laughlab
		Over a twelve-month period starting last year, a huge on-line experiment was undertaken by LaughLab to find the world's funniest joke.
		Created by Dr Richard Wiseman in collaboration with the British Association for the Advancement of Science, LaughLab was the largest-ever scientific study into humour.
		LaughLab, the book, is the conclusion of this fascinating and fun experiment, packed full with the endlessly entertaining results of the research that will appeal to all ages.
	www.countrybookshop.co.uk /books/index.phtml?whatfor=0099446871 (336 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Psychiatrist's joke 'world's funniest'
		Gurpal Gosall, from Manchester, submitted the joke to the LaughLab experiment, conducted by a team at the University of Hertfordshire.
		Americans and Canadians, on the other hand, preferred jokes where there was a strong sense of superiority - either because a character looks stupid or is made to look stupid by someone else.
		Laughlab said it recorded the date and time that each person from the UK rated the jokes in LaughLab.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/2297365.stm (422 words)

	Point Grey Pictures :: No Kidding
		Through an internet site, people from around the world were invited to submit their favorite joke or judge how funny other people’s jokes were on a ‘laughometer” rating them on a scale of one to five.
		The world’s largest experiment into the psychology of humour, Dr. Wiseman’s research was sponsored by the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
		More than 40,000 jokes were submitted to the Laughlab web sit and judged by over 100,000 people in 70 countries.
	www.pointgreypictures.com /no_kidding.htm (256 words)

	Joke Center Discovered (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The LaughLab project at University of Hertfordshire included mri's of people as they were being told jokes.
		It turns out that the sense of humour can be rather specifically located in the brain, as is described here.
		It seems that some of the brain areas are somewhat the same in the two studies judging from the picture on the laughlab page (the verbal areas).
	cognews.com /1075910994/index_html (535 words)

	HLT Magazine (January 2002) - Jokes
		Laughlab was launched in September 2001 and by mid December 100,000 people from 70 countries had visited the site and submitted 10,000 jokes.
		Visitors to the site are invited to rate the jokes on a "laughometer" and of the 100,000 visitors 47,000 gave their top rating to this joke:
		The Laughlab experiment is being conducted by Richard Wiseman, a psychologist at the University of Hertfold, UK.
	www.hltmag.co.uk /jan02/joke.htm (709 words)

	ADVANCE for Imaging and Radiation Therapy Professionals \| PrintFriendly
		According to Richard Wiseman, who attained a doctorate in psychology from Edinburgh University and heads the Perrott-Warrick Research Unit at the University of Hertfordshire, the scans show that there is a precise area of the brain involved in understanding why a joke is funny.
		Wiseman teamed up with the British Association for the Advancement of Science to launch LaughLab, a mass-participation study that was carried out as part of Science Year in the United Kingdom.
		The prefrontal cortex, the researchers found, plays an integral role in the type of flexible thinking needed to understand a joke; it makes sense of a punch line and creates a sense of surprise.
	imaging-radiology-oncology-technologist.advanceweb.com /common/editorial/printfriendly.aspx?CC=11311 (755 words)

	laughlab.co.uk - Review - Heehee, LOL and ROFL :-))
		It’s not your typical website with decorative bits and pieces to catch the reader’s attention, we’re in the middle of a scientific research and the website is a medium for same.
		On a simple light blue background we’re informed that LaughLab is part of Science Year which is ‘a government initiative to improve the profile and perception of science for 10 - 19 year olds and the people who influence them.
		LaughLab asks people to join themselves, the participants are not chosen, it’s not registered if you enter once or several times.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /internet-sites/laughlab-co-uk/359449 (1360 words)

	USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Projects such as 'typophile: the smaller picture' arouse just this sort of feeling as visitors to the site collaborate on creating a font, letter by letter, one pixel at a time.
		For more than a year, Britain's LaughLab canvassed the world via the Web for the world's funniest jokes.
		With all the results in and the experiment completed, LaughLab has compiled what it says have been deemed the funniest jokes in Great Britain, the USA, and other countries.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/webguide/hotsites/2002-10-04-hotsites.htm (284 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend
		LaughLab was a huge scientific experiment to discover the world's funniest joke.
		LaughLab was created by Dr. Richard Wiseman (University of Hertfordshire) in collaboration with the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
		Richard Wiseman, the psychologist behind the LaughLab project, said:
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=8211510&postID=112431784146518323 (378 words)

	LaughLab: Top Rated Jokes by Country - RuNaked Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Dave Barry is a well known humourist whose columns are syndicated in many American newspapers.
		In January 2002 he kindly devoted an entire column to LaughLab.
		At the end of the column he urged readers to submit jokes that simply ended with the punch line:
	www.runaked.com /forums/humor/10984-laughlab-top-rated-jokes-country.html (799 words)

	World’s Funniest Joke: LaughLab Experiment Largest Study of Humour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The worldâs funniest joke was unveiled by scientists at the end of the largest study of humour ever undertaken.
		The LaughLab experiment conducted by psychologist Dr Richard Wiseman, from the University of Hertfordshire, attracted more than 40,000 jokes and almost two million votes.
		People around the world had been invited to judge jokes on an internet site as well as contribute quips of their own.
	www.quickonlinetips.com /archives/2005/05/worlds-funniest-joke-laughlab-experiment-largest-study-of-humour (312 words)

	digg - The LaughLab study results with the worlds funniest jokes
		The LaughLab study results with the worlds funniest jokes
		A hilarious study of the world's most funny jokes from the University of Hertfordshire.
		Loosely Technology Related (they use servers) - The LaughLab project runs on two Apple G4 OS X 10.0.4 Servers that run WebObjects 5 and OpenBase 6.7 to collect and store data respectively.
	digg.com /tech_news/The_LaughLab_study_results_with_the_worlds_funniest_jokes (139 words)

	zone38 // letters to the world // Dave Barry does LaughLab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		By now you've probably heard of the LaughLab, the group of British researchers who have set out to discover what makes jokes funny.
		And if you happen to disagree with any of their findings, let it be known that Dave Barry is of the same mindset...
		The worst part, though, is that after reading that article I'm tempted to turn "There's a weasel chomping on my privates" into an All Your Base-style catchphrase.
	www.zone38.net /blog/archives/posts/000099.html (84 words)

	amused2death.com - laughlab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Find laughlab at one of the best sites the Internet has to offer!
		Find results for laughlab and anything else you are looking for instantly!
		Read about Laughlab in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
	www.amused2death.com /Laughlab.aspx (108 words)

	Gene Expression: Bwaaahahahaha! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Research suggests that people who are good at this type of question (the correct answer is under 500) tend to have good frontal lobe activation, whilst people who make incorrect estimates do not.
		The personal ads and the German study complement an observation from my field studies: The laughter of the female, not the male, is the critical index of a healthy relationship.
		By the way, the LaughLab folks also found differences between nations in the types of jokes that they found funny:
	www.gnxp.com /blog/2005/09/bwaaahahahaha.php (1012 words)

	The Daily Page: Features: Sites: Science (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Humor is serious business for Laughlab, the world's largest experiment into the psychology of humor.
		Laughlab is run by Dr. Richard Wiseman at the University of Hertfordshire, which devised the project in collaboration with the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
		Researchers the world over are probably guffawing at Laughlab's pretense of "hard science," but here are the findings, for whatever they're worth:
	www.thedailypage.com /features/sites/science.php (2358 words)

	Galileo Library : Individual entry page
		If the gloom and doom of war and such is getting you down, you should try a visit to the Laughlab.
		Experts, in cooperation with the British Association for the Advancement of Science, rank the funniest jokes and tell you how and why different groups find different things funny.
		There must be something especially funny about that situation, but I can't imagine what it could be.
	www.galileolibrary.com /2002/10/000007.html (124 words)

	Tennessee First Aid - RC Groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In an experiment named Laughlab, a joke about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson emerged a clear winner from 10,000 entries.
		Laughlab, devised by Dr. Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire, also looked at differences in humor between men and women and among people of 11 nations.
		Big differences emerged between the jokes liked by men and women, with men favoring jokes involving aggression, putting down women and sexual innuendo.
	www.rcgroups.com /forums/showthread.php?t=61415 (587 words)

	Watson-Holmes interplay is tops in best-joke research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In an experiment named Laughlab, a joke about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson emerged a clear winner Thursday from 10,000 entries.
		Laughlab, organized in conjunction with the British Association for the Advancement of Science, claimed it was the largest experiment of its kind ever conducted.
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	www.nusd.k12.az.us /schools/nhs/gthomson.class/articles/articles2001-02/funniest.joke.html (533 words)

	No Kidding
		For the past year people around the world have been invited to judge jokes on an internet site and contribute quips of their own.
		The LaughLab experiment - conducted by psychologist Dr Richard Wiseman, from the University of Hertfordshire - attracted more than 40,000 jokes and almost two million ratings.
		People logging onto the LaughLab website were invited to rate jokes using a "Giggleometer" which had a 5-point scale ranging from "not very funny" to "very funny".
	flatrock.org.nz /topics/humour/search_on_for_funniest_joke.htm (2249 words)

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