Gan
11-07-2005, 09:34 PM
Who is more likely to enjoy a good joke?
Study explains why Three Stooges appeals to men.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The difference between the sexes has long been a rich source of humor. Now it turns out, humor is one of the differences.
Women seem more likely than men to enjoy a good joke, mainly because they don't always expect it to be funny.
"The long trip to Mars or Venus is hardly necessary to see that men and women often perceive the world differently," a research team led by Dr. Allan L. Reiss of the Stanford University School of Medicine reports in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
But they were surprised when their studies of how the male and female brains react to humor showed that women were more analytical in their response, and felt more pleasure when they decided something really was funny.
"Women appeared to have less expectation of a reward, which in this case was the punch line of the cartoon," said Reiss. "So when they got to the joke's punch line, they were more pleased about it."
Women were subjecting humor to more analysis with the aim of determining if it was indeed funny, Reiss said in a telephone interview.
THE REST OF THE STORY (http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/11/07/gender.humor.ap/index.html)
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ITS BECAUSE THE 3 STOOGES WERE DAMN FUNNY!!! What is so difficult about that?
"Women appeared to have less expectation of a reward..."
All I can say is... find the right (WO)man and this wont be a problem for you ladies.
:whistle:
Study explains why Three Stooges appeals to men.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The difference between the sexes has long been a rich source of humor. Now it turns out, humor is one of the differences.
Women seem more likely than men to enjoy a good joke, mainly because they don't always expect it to be funny.
"The long trip to Mars or Venus is hardly necessary to see that men and women often perceive the world differently," a research team led by Dr. Allan L. Reiss of the Stanford University School of Medicine reports in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
But they were surprised when their studies of how the male and female brains react to humor showed that women were more analytical in their response, and felt more pleasure when they decided something really was funny.
"Women appeared to have less expectation of a reward, which in this case was the punch line of the cartoon," said Reiss. "So when they got to the joke's punch line, they were more pleased about it."
Women were subjecting humor to more analysis with the aim of determining if it was indeed funny, Reiss said in a telephone interview.
THE REST OF THE STORY (http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/11/07/gender.humor.ap/index.html)
________________________________
ITS BECAUSE THE 3 STOOGES WERE DAMN FUNNY!!! What is so difficult about that?
"Women appeared to have less expectation of a reward..."
All I can say is... find the right (WO)man and this wont be a problem for you ladies.
:whistle: