Humor facilitates navigation through complex social space


	Humor facilitates navigation through complex social space

Fast T friend

10-21-2007 9:21 AM

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humor, cognition, brain

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findings indicate that the brain networks recruited during a humorous experience differ according to the type of humor being processed

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