Schmidt (1994) conducted a series of experiments examining the effects of humor on memory. In one study,

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Schmidt (1994) conducted a series of experiments examining the effects of humor on memory. In one study, participants were shown a list of sentences, of which half were humorous and half were nonhumorous. A humorous example is, €œIf at first youdon€™t succeed, you are probably not related to the boss.€ Other participants would see a nonhumorous version of this sentence, such as €œPeople who are related to the boss often succeed the very first time.€ Schmidt then measured the number of each type of sentence recalled by each participant. The following scores are similar to the results obtained in the study.