Segregating the comprehension and elaboration processing of verbal jokes: an fMRI study
Autor: | Hsueh Chih Chen, Tai-Li Chou, Yu Chen Chan, Keng-Chen Liang |
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Rok vydání: | 2011 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Cognitive Neuroscience media_common.quotation_subject Ventromedial prefrontal cortex Brain mapping Amusement Young Adult Image Interpretation Computer-Assisted medicine Humans Left superior frontal gyrus Elaboration media_common Language Garden path sentence Brain Mapping Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Comprehension medicine.anatomical_structure Neurology Feeling Female Psychology Cognitive psychology Wit and Humor as Topic |
Zdroj: | NeuroImage. 61(4) |
ISSN: | 1095-9572 |
Popis: | The comprehension-elaboration theory of humor claims that the elicitation of humor can be segregated into two stages, comprehension and elaboration. Comprehension includes detection and resolution of incongruity, and elaboration involves inducement of the experience of amusement. Previous imaging research has sought to identify the neural substrates of humor processing by comparing funny and unfunny conditions. However, such studies have not been able to segregate the comprehension and elaboration stages. The present study was designed to differentiate the respective brain areas corresponding to comprehension and elaboration with an additional condition, garden path sentences. The results suggest that the bilateral inferior frontal gyri and left superior frontal gyrus may be associated with humor comprehension, whereas the cortical region in left ventromedial prefrontal cortex and the subcortical regions in bilateral amygdalae and bilateral parahippocampal gyri may be responsible for the feeling of amusement during the elaboration process. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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