The activation of theory of mind network differentiates between   point-to-self and point-to-other verbal jokes: An fMRI study

doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2014.01.059

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	The activation of theory of mind network differentiates between point-to-self and point-to-other verbal jokes: An fMRI study
	Feng, Shengchuang ; Ye, Xiang ; Mao, Lihua ; Yue, Xiaodong
刊名	神经科学快报
	2014
关键词	Theory of mind (TOM) Humor Verbal jokes fMRI BRAIN ACTIVATION FRONTAL-LOBE HUMOR COMPREHENSION APPRECIATION HEMISPHERE CARTOONS REGIONS PEOPLE STROKE
DOI	10.1016/j.neulet.2014.01.059
英文摘要	The mind-reading hypothesis of humor and the inner eye theory of laughter both claim that readers' mentalizing about characters in jokes is essential for perceiving humor. On the basis of this notion, we hypothesized that point-to-other verbal jokes (in which one character said funny things about the other character) induced more theory of mind (TOM) processing than point-to-self verbal jokes (in which one character said funny things about him/herself to the other character). Our hypothesis was tested by comparing percent signal changes of these two conditions in six core components of the ToM neural network. A whole-brain analysis was also conducted. Results from both the region of interest (ROI) analysis and the whole-brain analysis show that theory of mind network is more activated when subjects read point-to-other jokes than when they read point-to-self jokes. Moreover, the whole-brain results provide support for the viewpoint that the right hemisphere, especially the right frontal lobe, is important in ToM and humor processing. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.; http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000334985700007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=8e1609b174ce4e31116a60747a720701 ; Neurosciences; SCI(E); PubMed; 1; ARTICLE; maolihua@pku.edu.cn; 32-36; 564
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/162767]
专题	心理与认知科学学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Feng, Shengchuang,Ye, Xiang,Mao, Lihua,et al. The activation of theory of mind network differentiates between point-to-self and point-to-other verbal jokes: An fMRI study[J]. 神经科学快报,2014.
APA	Feng, Shengchuang,Ye, Xiang,Mao, Lihua,&Yue, Xiaodong.(2014).The activation of theory of mind network differentiates between point-to-self and point-to-other verbal jokes: An fMRI study.神经科学快报.
MLA	Feng, Shengchuang,et al."The activation of theory of mind network differentiates between point-to-self and point-to-other verbal jokes: An fMRI study".神经科学快报 (2014).