Humor comprehension and appreciation: An fMRI Study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1789-1798

  Bartolo, Angela ^a   Benuzzi, Francesca ^a   Nocetti, Luca ^b   Baraldi, Patrizia ^a   Nichelli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMOR; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CARTOONS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 33750543321     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2006.18.11.1789     Document Type: Article

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