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augusti 25, 2003
Uppskattning av humor försvinner inte med åren
Appreciation Of Humor Doesn't Change With Age.
A Canadian study of humor in older adults has found that appreciation and emotional reactiveness to humor doesn't change with age. Older adults still enjoy a good laugh.
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However, results from the study also suggest that the ability to comprehend more complex forms of humor may diminish in our later years. Why? The cognitive abilities required for humor comprehension include abstract reasoning, mental flexibility and working memory -- all are complex, higher mental functions believed to be associated with the frontal lobes. Biological evidence suggests that the brain's frontal functions may be the first to deteriorate with aging. While scientists continue to debate this evidence, it may explain why older adults can have difficulty understanding more complex forms of humor.
Vid sökning på forskaren Prathiba Shammi hittade jag lite annat om humorforskning:
- The Biology of ... Humor The Laughter Circuit
- People With Brain Injury To Frontal Lobe Don't Get Certian Types of Humor
- Humor on the Brain: Finding Slapstick in the Skull
Posted by hakank at augusti 25, 2003 07:42 EM Posted to Diverse