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en-wikipedia-org-3496		Amusement - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2449	472	57	Amusement is considered an "epistemological" emotion because humor occurs when one experiences a cognitive shift from one knowledge structure about a target to another, such as hearing the punchline of a joke.[2] The pleasant surprise that happens from learning this new information leads to a state of amusement which people often express through smiling, laughter or chuckling. Emotional expression of amusement[edit] In the 1960s, Paul Ekman, an American psychologist, revived the study of emotional expression, proposing, like Darwin, that emotions were universally recognizable.[10] His early work focused on six basic emotions: happiness, anger, sadness, fear, disgust and surprise.[11] By the 1990s, Ekman had expanded this list to include several additional emotions, one of which was amusement.[12] Displays of amusement have been distinguished from related emotions like embarrassment and shame.[13] More recent studies have confirmed that laughter is a distinct signal of amusement and is recognizable across cultures.[14][15][16]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3496.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3496.txt