Appreciation of different styles of humor: An fMRI study

Abstract Humor styles are important in facilitating social relationships. Following humor styles theory, this functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study is the first to use “one-liner” humor to investigate the neural correlates involved in appreciating humor styles that differ in terms of ta...

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Autores principales:	Yu-Chen Chan, Wei-Chin Hsu, Yi-Jun Liao, Hsueh-Chih Chen, Cheng-Hao Tu, Ching-Lin Wu
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2018
Materias:	Self-defeating Humor Benign Humor Affiliative Humor Aggressive Humor Humor Appreciation Medicine R Science Q
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/db7168a42dfc463e8ca34b752ec9c9bc
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:db7168a42dfc463e8ca34b752ec9c9bc2021-12-02T15:08:39ZAppreciation of different styles of humor: An fMRI study10.1038/s41598-018-33715-12045-2322https://doaj.org/article/db7168a42dfc463e8ca34b752ec9c9bc2018-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33715-1https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Humor styles are important in facilitating social relationships. Following humor styles theory, this functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study is the first to use “one-liner” humor to investigate the neural correlates involved in appreciating humor styles that differ in terms of target (self or other) and motivation (benign or detrimental). Interestingly, we observed greater activation in response to humor that facilitates relationships with others (self-defeating and affiliative humor) than to humor that enhances the self (self-enhancing and aggressive humor). Self-defeating humor may play an important role in Chinese culture in facilitating social relationships at one’s own expense. Psychophysiological interaction (PPI) analysis revealed temporal pole (TP)-frontal functional connectivity underlying the appreciation of self-directed humor, and temporo-parietal junction (TPJ)-frontal connectivity underlying the appreciation of other-directed humor. Amygdala-frontal coupling was observed during the appreciation of detrimental humor, while nucleus accumbens (NAc)-temporal coupling and midbrain-frontal coupling appear to play a role in the affective experience of amusement in response to benign humor. This study contributes to our understanding of the neural correlates of appreciating different humor styles, including humor that facilitates social relationships.Yu-Chen ChanWei-Chin HsuYi-Jun LiaoHsueh-Chih ChenCheng-Hao TuChing-Lin WuNature PortfolioarticleSelf-defeating HumorBenign HumorAffiliative HumorAggressive HumorHumor AppreciationMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2018)
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topic	Self-defeating Humor Benign Humor Affiliative Humor Aggressive Humor Humor Appreciation Medicine R Science Q
spellingShingle	Self-defeating Humor Benign Humor Affiliative Humor Aggressive Humor Humor Appreciation Medicine R Science Q Yu-Chen Chan Wei-Chin Hsu Yi-Jun Liao Hsueh-Chih Chen Cheng-Hao Tu Ching-Lin Wu Appreciation of different styles of humor: An fMRI study
description	Abstract Humor styles are important in facilitating social relationships. Following humor styles theory, this functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study is the first to use “one-liner” humor to investigate the neural correlates involved in appreciating humor styles that differ in terms of target (self or other) and motivation (benign or detrimental). Interestingly, we observed greater activation in response to humor that facilitates relationships with others (self-defeating and affiliative humor) than to humor that enhances the self (self-enhancing and aggressive humor). Self-defeating humor may play an important role in Chinese culture in facilitating social relationships at one’s own expense. Psychophysiological interaction (PPI) analysis revealed temporal pole (TP)-frontal functional connectivity underlying the appreciation of self-directed humor, and temporo-parietal junction (TPJ)-frontal connectivity underlying the appreciation of other-directed humor. Amygdala-frontal coupling was observed during the appreciation of detrimental humor, while nucleus accumbens (NAc)-temporal coupling and midbrain-frontal coupling appear to play a role in the affective experience of amusement in response to benign humor. This study contributes to our understanding of the neural correlates of appreciating different humor styles, including humor that facilitates social relationships.
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author	Yu-Chen Chan Wei-Chin Hsu Yi-Jun Liao Hsueh-Chih Chen Cheng-Hao Tu Ching-Lin Wu
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title	Appreciation of different styles of humor: An fMRI study
title_short	Appreciation of different styles of humor: An fMRI study
title_full	Appreciation of different styles of humor: An fMRI study
title_fullStr	Appreciation of different styles of humor: An fMRI study
title_full_unstemmed	Appreciation of different styles of humor: An fMRI study
title_sort	appreciation of different styles of humor: an fmri study
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2018
url	https://doaj.org/article/db7168a42dfc463e8ca34b752ec9c9bc
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Appreciation of different styles of humor: An fMRI study

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