Electrophysiological indexes of ToM and non-ToM humor in healthy adults

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dc.contributor.authorManfredi M.
dc.contributor.authorProverbio A.M.
dc.contributor.authorSanchez Mello de Pinho P.
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro B.
dc.contributor.authorComfort W.E.
dc.contributor.authorMurrins Marques L.
dc.contributor.authorBoggio P.S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-12T23:48:26Z
dc.date.available2024-03-12T23:48:26Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstract© 2020, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.The cognitive processes involved in humor comprehension were analyzed by directly comparing the time course of brain activity associated with the perception of slapstick humor and that associated with the comprehension of humor requiring theory of mind (ToM). Four different comic strips (strips containing humorous scenes that required ToM, non-ToM humorous strips, non-humorous semantically coherent strips and non-humorous semantically incoherent strips) were presented to participants, while their EEG response was recorded. Results showed that both of the humorous comic strips and the semantically incongruent strip elicited an N400 effect, suggesting similar cognitive mechanisms underlying the processing of incongruent and humorous comic strips. The results also showed that the humorous ToM strips elicited a frontal late positive (LP) response, possibly reflecting the active deployment of ToM abilities such as perspective-taking and empathy that allow for the resolution and interpretation of apparently incongruent situations. In addition, the LP response was positively correlated with ratings of perceived amusement as well as individual empathy scores, suggesting that the increased LP response to ToM humorous strips reflects the combined activation of neural mechanisms involved in the experience of amusement and ToM abilities. Overall, humor comprehension appears to demand distinct cognitive steps such as the detection of incongruent semantic components, the construction of semantic coherence, and the appreciation of humoristic elements such as maladaptive emotional reactions. Our results show that the deployment of these distinct cognitive steps is at least partially dependent on individual empathic abilities.
dc.description.firstpage789
dc.description.issuenumber4
dc.description.lastpage805
dc.description.volume238
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00221-020-05753-7
dc.identifier.issn1432-1106
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/35005
dc.relation.ispartofExperimental Brain Research
dc.rightsAcesso Restrito
dc.subject.otherlanguageERPs
dc.subject.otherlanguageHumor
dc.subject.otherlanguageLP
dc.subject.otherlanguageN400
dc.subject.otherlanguageSemantic processing
dc.subject.otherlanguageTheory of mind
dc.titleElectrophysiological indexes of ToM and non-ToM humor in healthy adults
dc.typeArtigo
local.scopus.citations6
local.scopus.eid2-s2.0-85080936994
local.scopus.subjectAdult
local.scopus.subjectCerebral Cortex
local.scopus.subjectComprehension
local.scopus.subjectElectroencephalography
local.scopus.subjectEmpathy
local.scopus.subjectEvoked Potentials
local.scopus.subjectFemale
local.scopus.subjectFrontal Lobe
local.scopus.subjectHumans
local.scopus.subjectMale
local.scopus.subjectSocial Perception
local.scopus.subjectTheory of Mind
local.scopus.subjectWit and Humor as Topic
local.scopus.subjectYoung Adult
local.scopus.updated2024-05-01
local.scopus.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85080936994&origin=inward
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