Time course and localization of brain activity in humor comprehension: an ERP/sLORETA study

Highlights • ERPs elicited by a funny punch line showed a P2 and P600 component. • sLORETA analysis of the P2 ERPs revealed an activation in the SFG and mPFC. • sLORETA analysis of the P600 revealed an activation in the temporal-parietal regions.

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Published inBrain research Vol. 1657; pp. 215 - 222
Main Authors Shibata, Midori, Terasawa, Yuri, Osumi, Takahiro, Masui, Keita, Ito, Yuichi, Sato, Arisa, Umeda, Satoshi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.02.2017
Subjects
Brain - physiology
Comprehension - physiology
Electroencephalography
ERP
Evoked Potentials
Female
Humans
Humor
Judgment - physiology
Male
Neurology
Neuropsychological Tests
P600
Pattern Recognition, Visual - physiology
Reading
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
sLORETA
Time Factors
Wit and Humor as Topic
Young Adult
ERP
P2
sLORETA
P600
Humor
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Summary:Highlights • ERPs elicited by a funny punch line showed a P2 and P600 component. • sLORETA analysis of the P2 ERPs revealed an activation in the SFG and mPFC. • sLORETA analysis of the P600 revealed an activation in the temporal-parietal regions.
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ISSN:0006-8993
1872-6240
DOI:10.1016/j.brainres.2016.12.010