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Amusement

Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or animal actively maintains the experience, and is associated with enjoyment, happiness, laughter and pleasure. It is an emotion with positive valence and high physiological arousal.

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Emotional expression of amusement

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Emotional expression of amusement

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Amusement

Nodes30
Edges29
Triples43
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.066667
Components1

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Amusement

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related to Emotional expression of amusement · 16
Amusement → American, Animals, By, Charles Darwin, Darwin, Displays, Ekman, Emotions, He, His, In, Man, More, Paul Ekman, The, The Expression
related to Cultural considerations · 5
Amusement → American, As, East Asian, In, These
related to Evolutionary · 4
Amusement → Collective, It, Laughter, The
related to Emotion regulation · 3
Amusement → Choosing, Emotion, Through
related to External links · 3
Amusement → Judy, Questionable Amusements, Worthy Substitutes
related to Resilience · 3
Amusement → As, Increases, Positive
is a · 2
Amusement → distinct emotion that evolved to enhance a species’ survival, state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or animal actively maintains the experience
related to Constructed emotion · 2
Amusement → The, They
related to Theories · 1
Amusement → Two
related to Vocal burst · 1
Amusement → The

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Amusementis astate of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or animal actively maintains the experience0.90text
Amusementis adistinct emotion that evolved to enhance a species’ survival0.90text
contentmentinstance oflow arousal emotions0.80text
calminstance oflow arousal emotions0.80text
peacefulnessinstance oflow arousal emotions0.80text
Amusementrelated to Constructed emotionThe0.60section
Amusementrelated to Constructed emotionThey0.60section
Amusementrelated to Cultural considerationsAs0.60section
Amusementrelated to Cultural considerationsThese0.60section
Amusementrelated to Cultural considerationsAmerican0.60section
Amusementrelated to Cultural considerationsIn0.60section
Amusementrelated to Cultural considerationsEast Asian0.60section

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