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November 14, 2005
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Eddie Valiant: Seriously, what do you see in that guy?
Jessica Rabbit: He makes me laugh.
It's the subtle differences between males and females that end up being blown to a grand proportion. The problem with their subtlety, as most have assumed, is that it stems from a biological level—much deeper than the obvious ones, that is.
The Stanford University School of Medicine performed a study on the differences in the sense of humor between males and females. What they seemed to have discovered is not that males and females perceive humor different, but rather that humor is processed differently in their brains and affects the brain in different ways as well.
However, they were surprised to find differences in the part of the brain known as the reward centre. The nucleus accumbens, part of the mesolimbic reward centre, is a dopamine-rich area that is most strongly activated when a reward—in this case, a funny joke—is unexpected.
The team discovered that when women found a cartoon funny, their reward centre was more active than for men, suggesting the females’ expectation of being amused was lower. But when men found a cartoon unfunny, they showed de-activation in their reward centre, suggesting disappointment.
It's all starting to make more sense.
Posted by David at November 14, 2005 10:40 AM
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