Neural substrates of incongruity-resolution and nonsense humor

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1023-1033

  Samson, Andrea C ^a   Hempelmann, Christian F ^b   Huber, Oswald ^a   Zysset, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b Hakia Inc   (United States)

^c NordicNeuroLab   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cartoon; Experience seeking; fMRI; Humor; Incongruity resolution; Nonsense; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CARTOONS AS TOPIC; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PERSONALITY TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549086760     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.10.028     Document Type: Article

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