Diminished activation of the right Inferior Parietal Lobule as a neural substrate of impaired cartoon-jokes comprehension in schizophrenia outpatients

Impairments related to humor comprehension may be considered one of the most specific phenomena related to communication disorders in schizophrenia (Adamczyk et al., 2016). Despite behavioral evidence, to the best of our knowledge, there are only two neuroimaging (fMRI) studies to date concerning humor processing in schizophrenia. The first, a pictorial visual joke task study on the relatives of individuals with schizophrenia revealed Prefrontal Cortex hypofunction during Theory of Mind humor processing (Marjoram et al., 2006).
Source: Schizophrenia Research - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research