The resolution stage, not the incongruity detection stage, is related to the subjective feeling of humor: An ERP study using Japanese nazokake puns

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作者：

Sanada, Motoyuki ^{[1
,2
]}

Kumagai, Arisa ^{[2
]}

Katayama, Jun'ichi ^{[2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Japan Soc Promot Sci JSPS, Tokyo, Japan

[2] Kwansei Gakuin Univ KGU, Dept Psychol Sci, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 6628501, Japan

[3] Kwansei Gakuin Univ, Ctr Appl Psychol Sci CAPS, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

来源：

BRAIN RESEARCH | 2022年 / 1778卷

关键词：

Humor; ERP; N400; P600; Subjective feeling of humor; BRAIN POTENTIALS; COMPREHENSION; COMPONENT; JOKES; N400;

D O I：

10.1016/j.brainres.2022.147780

中图分类号：

Q189 [神经科学];

学科分类号：

071006 ;

摘要：

This study examined the relationship between two cognitive stages of humor processing (i.e., detecting in-congruity and resolving it) and the subjective feeling of humor, using event-related brain potentials (ERPs). Unlike traditional English jokes, Japanese nazokake puns have a structure in which the detection of incongruity and the resolution of it are separated, which enabled this study to observe the ERPs for these two stages inde-pendently. In addition, to investigate how the cognitive stages work when people subjectively find a pun funny, the ERPs elicited by funny and unfunny puns, categorized according to participants' subjective ratings, were compared. This subjective feeling has not received enough attention in previous literature. The results showed that N400 and P600 responses occurred during the incongruity detection stage and the resolution stage, respectively. Furthermore, funny puns enlarged the P600 amplitude compared to unfunny ones, but the N400 amplitude did not significantly differ between the funniness categories. These findings indicate that the reso-lution stage of humor processing is related to the subjective feeling of humor, rather than the incongruity detection stage.

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