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februari 05, 2004

Humorcentrum i hjärnan

Laughlab discovers the brain's funnybone
Towards the end of the LaughLab project, we carried out a brain scan (using a technique known as Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of people listening to some of our best jokes. The results are amazing. They show that there is a very precise area of the brain involved in understanding why a joke is funny.

Se även LaughLab.

(Via CogNews.)

Posted by hakank at februari 5, 2004 10:35 FM Posted to Humor