%0 Journal Article
%T Med humor som v ben ¨C sproglig humor som bindeled mellem kognition og emotion
%A Thomas Raab
%J Tidsskrift for Sprogforskning
%D 2009
%I 
%X The attempt to establish a coherence between the cognitive description of language and thought and the neurobiological description of the human brain is often limited by lacking knowledge concerning the interplay between cognition and emotion ¨C both necessary elements in understanding the way the brain works. Verbal humor is a convenient research object in this regard, as it consists (primarily) in cognitive mechanisms, eliciting an emotional response ¨C laughter. In this article, a review of the history of humor research is compared to a selection of studies (lesion-studies, ERP and fMRI) on the relationship between humor, language and the brain, as an attempt to show how a broadly based theory of humor can help us to understand the relationship between cognition and emotion.
%U http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/tfs/article/view/2731