The reward of a good joke: Neural correlates of viewing dynamic displays of stand-up comedy

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 508-515

  Franklin Jr , Robert G ^a   Adams Jr , Reginald B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Comedy; Emotion; Humor; Mesolimbic system; Prefrontal; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LAUGHTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REWARD; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC;

EID: 84856273938     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-011-0049-7     Document Type: Article

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