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<onlyinclude>'''Increased sense of humor''' is as a general enhancement of the likelihood and degree to which a person finds stimuli to be humorous and amusing. During this state, a person's sensitivity to finding things funny is noticeably amplified, often to the point that they will begin uncontrollably laughing at trivial things without any intelligible reason or apparent cause.

'''Increased sense of humor''' is defined as a general enhancement of the likelihood and degree to which a person finds stimuli to be humorous and amusing. During this state, a person's sensitivity to finding things funny is noticeably amplified, often to the point that they will begin uncontrollably laughing at trivial things without any intelligible reason or apparent cause.<ref name="SiegelHirschman1985">{{cite journal|last1=Siegel|first1=Ronald K.|last2=Hirschman|first2=Ada E.|title=Hashish and Laughter: Historical Notes and Translations of Early French Investigations|journal=Journal of Psychoactive Drugs|volume=17|issue=2|year=1985|pages=87–91|issn=0279-1072|doi=10.1080/02791072.1985.10472327}}</ref><ref name="Bøhling2017">{{cite journal|last1=Bøhling|first1=Frederik|title=Psychedelic pleasures: An affective understanding of the joys of tripping|journal=International Journal of Drug Policy|volume=49|year=2017|pages=133–143|issn=09553959|doi=10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.07.017}}</ref><ref name="XuMa2016">{{cite journal|last1=Xu|first1=Xiaomeng|last2=Ma|first2=Shifan|last3=Feng|first3=Zhiwei|last4=Hu|first4=Guanxing|last5=Wang|first5=Lirong|last6=Xie|first6=Xiang-Qun|title=Chemogenomics knowledgebase and systems pharmacology for hallucinogen target identification—Salvinorin A as a case study|journal=Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling|volume=70|year=2016|pages=284–295|issn=10933263|doi=10.1016/j.jmgm.2016.08.001}}</ref><ref name="KremerPaulke2012">{{cite journal|last1=Kremer|first1=Christian|last2=Paulke|first2=Alexander|last3=Wunder|first3=Cora|last4=Toennes|first4=Stefan W.|title=Variable adverse effects in subjects after ingestion of equal doses of Argyreia nervosa seeds|journal=Forensic Science International|volume=214|issue=1-3|year=2012|pages=e6–e8|issn=03790738|doi=10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.06.025}}</ref>

In group settings, the experience of witnessing another person who is laughing intensely for no apparent reason can itself become a contagious trigger which induces semi-uncontrollable laughter within the people around them. In extreme cases, this can often form a lengthy feedback loop in which people begin to laugh hysterically at the absurdity of not being able to stop laughing and not knowing what started the laughter to begin with.

Increased sense of humor is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[emotion ~~enhancement~~]] and [[novelty enhancement]]. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of certain [[hallucinogen|hallucinogenic]] compounds, such as [[psychedelic|psychedelics]], [[~~cannabinoid|cannabinoids~~]], and [[~~mescaline~~]]. However, it can also occur to a much lesser extent under the influence of [[~~dissociative~~|~~dissociatives~~]], [[GABAergic]] [[depressant|depressants]], and [[~~stimulant~~|~~stimulants~~]].

Increased sense of humor is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[Emotion intensification|emotion intensification]] and [[novelty enhancement]]. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of certain [[hallucinogen|hallucinogenic]] compounds, such as [[psychedelic|psychedelics]], [[mescaline]],<ref>{{cite book | vauthors=((Shulgin, A.)), ((Shulgin, A.)) | date= 1995 | title=PIHKAL: a chemical love story | publisher=Transform press | url=https://erowid.org/library/books_online/pihkal/pihkal096.shtml}}</ref> and [[cannabinoid|cannabinoids]].<ref name="SiegelHirschman1985" /><ref name="MorganNoronha2013">{{cite journal|last1=Morgan|first1=Celia JA|last2=Noronha|first2=Louise A|last3=Muetzelfeldt|first3=Mark|last4=Feilding|first4=Amanda|last5=Curran|first5=H Valerie|title=Harms and benefits associated with psychoactive drugs: findings of an international survey of active drug users|journal=Journal of Psychopharmacology|volume=27|issue=6|year=2013|pages=497–506|issn=0269-8811|doi=10.1177/0269881113477744}}</ref> However, it can also occur to a much lesser extent under the influence of [[stimulant|stimulants]],<ref name="MobbsGreicius2003">{{cite journal|last1=Mobbs|first1=Dean|last2=Greicius|first2=Michael D|last3=Abdel-Azim|first3=Eiman|last4=Menon|first4=Vinod|last5=Reiss|first5=Allan L|title=Humor Modulates the Mesolimbic Reward Centers|journal=Neuron|volume=40|issue=5|year=2003|pages=1041–1048|issn=08966273|doi=10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00751-7}}</ref> [[GABAergic]] [[depressant|depressants]], and [[dissociative|dissociatives]].<ref name="SiegelHirschman1985" /><ref name="MorganNoronha2013" />

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===Psychoactive substances===

Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include:

{{#ask:[[Category:Psychoactive substance]][[Effect::Increased sense of humor]]|format=ul|Columns=2}}

===Experience reports===

Annectdotal reports which describe this effect with our [[experience index]] include:

{{#ask:[[Category:Experience]][[Effect::Increased sense of humor]]|format=ul|Columns=2}}

===See also===

*[[Subjective effects index]]

*[[Psychedelics#Subjective_effects|Psychedelics - Subjective effects]]

*[[Dissociatives#Subjective_effects|Dissociatives - Subjective effects]]

*[[Deliriants#Subjective_effects|Deliriants - Subjective effects]]

===External links===

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humour Humour (Wikipedia)]

[[Category:Cognitive]] [[Category:Enhancement]] [[Category:Effect]]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humour Humour (Wikipedia)]

===References===

[[Category:Cognitive]]

[[Category:Enhancement]]

[[Category:Effect]]

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-<onlyinclude>'''Increased sense of humor''' is as a general enhancement of the likelihood and degree to which a person finds stimuli to be humorous and amusing. During this state, a person's sensitivity to finding things funny is noticeably amplified, often to the point that they will begin uncontrollably laughing at trivial things without any intelligible reason or apparent cause.
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+'''Increased sense of humor''' is defined as a general enhancement of the likelihood and degree to which a person finds stimuli to be humorous and amusing. During this state, a person's sensitivity to finding things funny is noticeably amplified, often to the point that they will begin uncontrollably laughing at trivial things without any intelligible reason or apparent cause.<ref name="SiegelHirschman1985">{{cite journal|last1=Siegel|first1=Ronald K.|last2=Hirschman|first2=Ada E.|title=Hashish and Laughter: Historical Notes and Translations of Early French Investigations|journal=Journal of Psychoactive Drugs|volume=17|issue=2|year=1985|pages=87–91|issn=0279-1072|doi=10.1080/02791072.1985.10472327}}</ref><ref name="Bøhling2017">{{cite journal|last1=Bøhling|first1=Frederik|title=Psychedelic pleasures: An affective understanding of the joys of tripping|journal=International Journal of Drug Policy|volume=49|year=2017|pages=133–143|issn=09553959|doi=10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.07.017}}</ref><ref name="XuMa2016">{{cite journal|last1=Xu|first1=Xiaomeng|last2=Ma|first2=Shifan|last3=Feng|first3=Zhiwei|last4=Hu|first4=Guanxing|last5=Wang|first5=Lirong|last6=Xie|first6=Xiang-Qun|title=Chemogenomics knowledgebase and systems pharmacology for hallucinogen target identification—Salvinorin A as a case study|journal=Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling|volume=70|year=2016|pages=284–295|issn=10933263|doi=10.1016/j.jmgm.2016.08.001}}</ref><ref name="KremerPaulke2012">{{cite journal|last1=Kremer|first1=Christian|last2=Paulke|first2=Alexander|last3=Wunder|first3=Cora|last4=Toennes|first4=Stefan W.|title=Variable adverse effects in subjects after ingestion of equal doses of Argyreia nervosa seeds|journal=Forensic Science International|volume=214|issue=1-3|year=2012|pages=e6–e8|issn=03790738|doi=10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.06.025}}</ref>
 In group settings, the experience of witnessing another person who is laughing intensely for no apparent reason can itself become a contagious trigger which induces semi-uncontrollable laughter within the people around them. In extreme cases, this can often form a lengthy feedback loop in which people begin to laugh hysterically at the absurdity of not being able to stop laughing and not knowing what started the laughter to begin with.
-Increased sense of humor is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[emotion enhancement]] and [[novelty enhancement]]. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of certain [[hallucinogen|hallucinogenic]] compounds, such as [[psychedelic|psychedelics]], [[cannabinoid|cannabinoids]], and [[mescaline]]. However, it can also occur to a much lesser extent under the influence of [[dissociative|dissociatives]], [[GABAergic]] [[depressant|depressants]], and [[stimulant|stimulants]].
+Increased sense of humor is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[Emotion intensification|emotion intensification]] and [[novelty enhancement]]. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of certain [[hallucinogen|hallucinogenic]] compounds, such as [[psychedelic|psychedelics]], [[mescaline]],<ref>{{cite book | vauthors=((Shulgin, A.)), ((Shulgin, A.)) | date= 1995 | title=PIHKAL: a chemical love story | publisher=Transform press | url=https://erowid.org/library/books_online/pihkal/pihkal096.shtml}}</ref> and [[cannabinoid|cannabinoids]].<ref name="SiegelHirschman1985" /><ref name="MorganNoronha2013">{{cite journal|last1=Morgan|first1=Celia JA|last2=Noronha|first2=Louise A|last3=Muetzelfeldt|first3=Mark|last4=Feilding|first4=Amanda|last5=Curran|first5=H Valerie|title=Harms and benefits associated with psychoactive drugs: findings of an international survey of active drug users|journal=Journal of Psychopharmacology|volume=27|issue=6|year=2013|pages=497–506|issn=0269-8811|doi=10.1177/0269881113477744}}</ref> However, it can also occur to a much lesser extent under the influence of [[stimulant|stimulants]],<ref name="MobbsGreicius2003">{{cite journal|last1=Mobbs|first1=Dean|last2=Greicius|first2=Michael D|last3=Abdel-Azim|first3=Eiman|last4=Menon|first4=Vinod|last5=Reiss|first5=Allan L|title=Humor Modulates the Mesolimbic Reward Centers|journal=Neuron|volume=40|issue=5|year=2003|pages=1041–1048|issn=08966273|doi=10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00751-7}}</ref> [[GABAergic]] [[depressant|depressants]], and [[dissociative|dissociatives]].<ref name="SiegelHirschman1985" /><ref name="MorganNoronha2013" />
 </onlyinclude>
 ===Psychoactive substances===
 Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include:
 {{#ask:[[Category:Psychoactive substance]][[Effect::Increased sense of humor]]|format=ul|Columns=2}}
+===Experience reports===
+Annectdotal reports which describe this effect with our [[experience index]] include:
+{{#ask:[[Category:Experience]][[Effect::Increased sense of humor]]|format=ul|Columns=2}}
 ===See also===
 *[[Subjective effects index]]
 *[[Psychedelics#Subjective_effects|Psychedelics - Subjective effects]]
 *[[Dissociatives#Subjective_effects|Dissociatives - Subjective effects]]
 *[[Deliriants#Subjective_effects|Deliriants - Subjective effects]]
 ===External links===
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humour Humour (Wikipedia)]
-[[Category:Cognitive]] [[Category:Enhancement]] [[Category:Effect]]
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humour Humour (Wikipedia)]
+===References===
+<references />
+[[Category:Cognitive]]
+[[Category:Enhancement]]
+[[Category:Effect]]