Caleb Warren
Humor
Tedx Talks
What Makes Things Funny?
Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, February 2013
Academic Papers
Selected Press Coverage
America's Funniest Cities Project
w/the Humor Research Lab (HuRL), April 2014
Benign Violations: Making Immoral Behavior Funny
~ Psychological Science (w/ A. P. McGraw)
Differentiating What Is Humorous From What Is Not
~ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (w/ A. P. McGraw)
Humor, Comedy, and Consumer Behavior ~ Journal of Consumer Research (w/ A. Barsky & A. P. McGraw)
What Makes Things Funny? An Integrative Review of the Antecedents of Laughter and Amusement ~ Personality and Social Psychology Review (w/ A. Barsky & A. P. McGraw)
Opinion: What Makes Things Humorous ~ Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences
(w/A. P. McGraw)
Crazy-Funny-Cool Theory: Divergent Reactions to Unusual Product Designs ~ Journal of the Association for Consumer Research (w/ M. Reimann)
(w/ A. P. McGraw, L. E. Williams, & B. Leonard)
Humorous Complaining ~ Journal of Consumer Research
(w/ A. P. McGraw & C. Kan)
When Does Humorous Marketing Hurt Brands? ~ Journal of Marketing Behavior (w/A. P. McGraw)
The Rise and Fall of Humor: Psychological Distance Modulates Humorous Responses to Tragedy
~ Social Psychological and Personality Science
(w/ A. P. McGraw & L. E. Williams)
~ Social and Personality Psychology Compass
(w/C. Baumann, A. P. McGraw, & D. Bartels)
Appreciation of Humor ~ The Encyclopedia of Humor Studies
(w/ A. P. McGraw)
Being Funny is Not Enough: The Influence of Perceived Humor and Negative Emotional Reactions on Brand Attitudes ~ International Journal of Advertising
(w/ E. P. Carter & A. P. McGraw)
The Benign Violation Theory of Humor
~ The Encyclopedia of Humor Studies (w/ A. P. McGraw)
Psychological Distance ~ The Encyclopedia of Humor Studies
(w/ A. P. McGraw & L. E. Williams)
Break Out the Chewbacca Mask and You Won't Laugh Alone ~ New York Times
May 27, 2016
Hey! What Are You Laughing At? ~ NPR
April 25, 2016
Why Are Those Viral Facebook Posts So Funny? ~ Discovery News
November 10, 2015
Would You Pull the Trolley Switch? Does It Matter? ~ The Atlantic
October 9, 2015
Too Soon? ~ This American Life
August 14, 2015
In PBR's Big Milwaukee Homecoming, The Brewing Giant Goes Micro ~ NPR
August 5, 2015
Have Another Bite: Do You Suffer From 'Progress Bias'? ~ CNBC
April 3, 2015
The Real Reason You Can't Lose Those Last Five Pounds ~ The Men's Journal
April 2, 2015
Trying to Lose Flab? Don't Overestimate Yourself ~ The Times of India
March 5, 2015
That's Funny — but Why? Alan Alda on the Science of Humor ~ Bloomberg
Jan 7, 2015
When pursuing goals, people give more weight to progress than setbacks ~ Science Daily
Dec 16, 2014
Is One of the Most Popular Psychology Experiments Worthless? ~ The Atlantic
Jul 24 2014
The coolest brands have element of rebellion, A&M researcher says ~ The Eagle (front page)
Jun 15, 2014
Sales Strategy: Stay Cool, Cute and Exclusive ~ Wall Street Journal
Jun 12, 2014
The Real Reason Hipsters Love PBR ~ Huffington Post
May 29, 2014
Wanna Be Cool? Here's How ~ Forbes
May 27, 2014
Toward a Universal Theory of 'Cool' ~ The Atlantic
May 23, 2014
Do Different Things Make Liberals and Conservatives Laugh? ~ New York Magazine
May 22, 2014
Here Are the Funniest Cities in America ~ Time
Apr 22, 2014
So These Professors Walk Into a Comedy Club ...~ New York Times
Apr 19, 2014
A Quest to Understand What Makes Things Funny ~ The New Yorker
Apr 1, 2014
The Very Serious Science of Humor ~ Vox
December 20, 2022
Yes, Make Coronavirus Jokes ~ The Atlantic
April 3, 2020
10 Characteristics of Brand Coolness-- And How to Engineer Them ~ American Marketing Association
August 7, 2019
What's so funny? The science of science of why we laugh ~ Scientific American
June 26, 2019
Why White Castle has become a Valentine’s Day dinner destination ~ Vox
January 25, 2019
Caleb Warren on Marketing Matters ~ Wharton Business Radio
September 17, 2018
Irony is Back in Fashion ~ MarketWatch
August 25, 2018
UA Researchers Say Irony is the New Black ~ Tucson Weekly
August 21, 2018
Wanna Look Cool? Give Smiling a Shot ~ US News
May 20, 2018
UA Researchers Link Smiling Faces with Coolness ~ Arizona Public Media
May 17, 2018
People Who Smile Are Regarded as Cooler ~ Science 2.0
April 20, 2018
Not Smiling Doesn't Make You Look Cooler: Study ~ New York Post
April 16, 2018
Not Smiling Won't Make You Cooler, According to Science ~ Moneyish
April 15, 2018
Can Laughter Really Make Our Lives Better? Researchers Say Yes ~ UA News
April 11, 2018
Study: Smiling Makes You Seem Cooler ~ Psych Central
April, 2018
What Makes Something Funny? ~ The Atlantic
March, 2018
Hey, What's So Funny? ~ NPR
February 23, 2018
Nuclear War Doesn't Seem So Funny After All ~ New York Times
November 18, 2017
The Hidden Science Behind What Makes Things Cool
~ The Rooster
August 11, 2017
Those Funny Ads May Make You Laugh, But Maybe Not Buy ~ UANews
November 30, 2016