Antagonism between brain regions relevant for cognitive control and emotional memory facilitates the generation of humorous ideas

Abstract The ability to generate humor gives rise to positive emotions and thus facilitate the successful resolution of adversity. Although there is consensus that inhibitory processes might be related to broaden the way of thinking, the neural underpinnings of these mechanisms are largely unknown....

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Main Authors: Florian Bitsch, Philipp Berger, Andreas Fink, Arne Nagels, Benjamin Straube, Irina Falkenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89843-8