... that none of the participants had any dysfunctions which impaired their language, abstract reasoning, visual search and assessment of detail, shifting concepts, and ability to remember the original joke in order to assess the punch line. (Shammi, Stuss 660) To assess the results accurately, the Shammi and ... hypothesis had proven true; the right frontal region of the brain was clearly active with laughter. Assessment of their accuracy demonstrated some interesting reasoning for why the frontal lobe plays such a large part in laughter. Shammi and Stuss suggest that the frontal lobes act...

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History has shown that prevailing scientific views and social forces entwine to form a socio-historical line that becomes the culture that shapes and uses tools. The tools may be psychological ones acting internally, or technical ones that act on the environment.(Millar,1993:388) Vygotsky and ... saw mental development as proceeding from elementary mental functions (EMF) to higher mental functions (HMF)such as logical and abstract thought, and increase of attention span. EMF is the natural line of development that is shared by all animals. It is triggered by external stimuli. Transformation...

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