White-Matter Structural Connectivity Underlying Human Laughter-Related Traits Processing
Most research into the neural mechanisms of humor has not explicitly focused on the association between emotion and humor on the brain white matter networks mediating this connection. However, this connection is especially salient in gelotophobia (the fear of being laughed at), which is regarded as...
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| author | Chinglin Wu Suyu Zhong Yuchen Chan Hsueh-Chih Chen Gaolang Gong Yong He Ping Li |
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| description | Most research into the neural mechanisms of humor has not explicitly focused on the association between emotion and humor on the brain white matter networks mediating this connection. However, this connection is especially salient in gelotophobia (the fear of being laughed at), which is regarded as the presentation of humorlessness, and two related traits, gelotophilia (the enjoyment of being laughed at) and katagelasticism (the enjoyment of laughing at others). Here, we explored whether the topological properties of white matter networks can account for the individual differences in the laughter-related traits of 31 healthy adults. We observed a significant negative correlation between gelotophobia scores and the clustering coefficient, local efficiency and global efficiency, but a positive association between gelotophobia scores and path length in the brain's white matter network. Moreover, the current study revealed that with increasing individual fear of being laughed at, the linking efficiencies in superior frontal gyrus, anterior cingulate cortex, parahippocampal gyrus, and middle temporal gyrus decreased. However, there were no significant correlations between either gelotophilia or katagelasticism scores or the topological properties of the brain white matter network. These findings suggest that the fear of being laughed at is directly related to the level of local and global information processing of the brain network, which might provide new insights into the neural mechanisms of the humor information processing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-908de2575add4dffbdd07d78622a14172022-12-21T19:27:17ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782016-10-01710.3389/fpsyg.2016.01637170720White-Matter Structural Connectivity Underlying Human Laughter-Related Traits ProcessingChinglin Wu0Suyu Zhong1Yuchen Chan2Hsueh-Chih Chen3Gaolang Gong4Yong He5Ping Li6National Taiwan Normal UniversityBeijing Normal UniversityNational Tsing Hua UniversityNational Taiwan Normal UniversityBeijing Normal UniversityBeijing Normal UniversityPennsylvania State UniversityMost research into the neural mechanisms of humor has not explicitly focused on the association between emotion and humor on the brain white matter networks mediating this connection. However, this connection is especially salient in gelotophobia (the fear of being laughed at), which is regarded as the presentation of humorlessness, and two related traits, gelotophilia (the enjoyment of being laughed at) and katagelasticism (the enjoyment of laughing at others). Here, we explored whether the topological properties of white matter networks can account for the individual differences in the laughter-related traits of 31 healthy adults. We observed a significant negative correlation between gelotophobia scores and the clustering coefficient, local efficiency and global efficiency, but a positive association between gelotophobia scores and path length in the brain's white matter network. Moreover, the current study revealed that with increasing individual fear of being laughed at, the linking efficiencies in superior frontal gyrus, anterior cingulate cortex, parahippocampal gyrus, and middle temporal gyrus decreased. However, there were no significant correlations between either gelotophilia or katagelasticism scores or the topological properties of the brain white matter network. These findings suggest that the fear of being laughed at is directly related to the level of local and global information processing of the brain network, which might provide new insights into the neural mechanisms of the humor information processing.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01637/fullDiffusion Tensor Imagingconnectomebrain networkgelotophobiaGraphic theory |
| spellingShingle | Chinglin Wu Suyu Zhong Yuchen Chan Hsueh-Chih Chen Gaolang Gong Yong He Ping Li White-Matter Structural Connectivity Underlying Human Laughter-Related Traits Processing Frontiers in Psychology Diffusion Tensor Imaging connectome brain network gelotophobia Graphic theory |
| title | White-Matter Structural Connectivity Underlying Human Laughter-Related Traits Processing |
| title_full | White-Matter Structural Connectivity Underlying Human Laughter-Related Traits Processing |
| title_fullStr | White-Matter Structural Connectivity Underlying Human Laughter-Related Traits Processing |
| title_full_unstemmed | White-Matter Structural Connectivity Underlying Human Laughter-Related Traits Processing |
| title_short | White-Matter Structural Connectivity Underlying Human Laughter-Related Traits Processing |
| title_sort | white matter structural connectivity underlying human laughter related traits processing |
| topic | Diffusion Tensor Imaging connectome brain network gelotophobia Graphic theory |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01637/full |
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