Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious Author:Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud was a legendary Austrian neurologist who founded psychoanalysis, a clinical method used to treat psychopathology. Freud also wrote heavily on his studies in many different areas of psychology and therapies. His teachings remain very influential today. Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious is a book on Freud's study of humor th... more »at seeks to answer questions such as why we laugh. Freud believes that jokes satisfy our unconscious desires.« less