... tests, which would quantify the participants" ability to emotionally respond to a stimulus. The first test evaluated humorous verbal statements intending to evoke laughter from the reader. The second test involved jokes and punch lines and the participant's ability to match the joke to the appropriate punch line. Along with the joke's appropriate conclusion, there were three other choices that the tested ... can be disrupted by an incident to the frontal lobe. Phineas Gage was well known for his impeding behavior in regards to his sense of humor, telling inappropriate and rude jokes. (S...

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