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I can understand where both hemispheres of the brain come together to create the "I get it" moment in a pun. Puns, whether you like them or not, can be very intricate in nature, requiring deeper levels of though than other jokes.

I found it super interesting that our brains use both sides to process puns. It makes a lot of sense, because it sometimes takes me a second to put them together. However, silly ones, like the one I've chosen, don't take much thinking. I find puns to be cheap, quick laughs, but sometimes they can be super irritating. It definitely helps to have a supplemental picture.

Link: https://sayingimages.com/pun-memes/

https://facultyloungers.com/blogs/teacher-memes/teacher-meme-chemistry-teacher-puns

Through their explanation, I understand how it takes both hemispheres to comprehend an ambiguous joke. I also find it fascinating how they're going to use this information to possibly help individuals regain their sense of humor if they suffered brain damage in the right hemisphere.

It was interesting to hear about the complications of puns. I never realized that if you have damage to one side of your brain, you can't understand the humor. I did very much appreciate how they ended the article with a pun. 

I never really considered how the brain processes puns, but it made sense after reading the article and searching for a few online myself. There's that millisecond disconnect that comes with reading the pun literally and then understanding its hidden meaning. It was interesting to hear that this happens because it requires work from both sides of the brain to get the full interpretation of what is intended.

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I thought this article was very interesting and was informative about not just what makes puns interesting/humorous but also about what makes things humorous in general. I had never considered the idea of “humor’s basic formula” being “expectation plus incongruity equals laughter.” This idea can be seen in a lot of different forms of humor, including puns. I thought the idea that the left and right hemispheres of the brain “work together” to find humor from a pub was interesting as well.

I am really intrigued to learn that the left brain handles linguistic information and the right brain helps with seeing the duality or unexpected parts of things. Also, I think it is so awesome fun research like this is helping people with brain injuries.  

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It's always interesting to learn the scientific research behind things that we encounter on a daily basis. I have always enjoyed the humor of puns so to be able to read up on the psychological process that results in my laughter was pretty cool! 

I was extremely intrigued by the research behind how our brain processes words and wordplay. It was beneficial for me while making these memes to understand what makes different puns funny to an audience. 

I thought it was super interesting to learn about how our brains process puns. I think most puns are funny and a good way to draw in the audience. I like memes with puns because the picture helps connect the meaning of the pun. 

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This reading was super interesting. It's easy to take for granted all of the processing that your brain does just so you can understand a simple pun. I didn't realize that it takes both sides of the brain for this. Personally, I think puns are very funny. They are quick and easy to understand, and usually evoke a at least a giggle. 

I've never really considered how the brain processes anything, let alone puns. I found the article both very enlightening and interesting. I like puns a lot because they're super simple to get most times but I didn't know that it took both sides of the brain to process it. 

I find these readings really intresting that look at the scientific reasoning behind our actions. I had never thought of this particular idea applying to memes but I like the parallels that it has to comedy. In stand-up comedy everything is based around the same template: take a situation in which people expect the usual outcome and switch it around so that the outcome is unexpected or the opposite of what is expected.

It is intriguing to hear that our brain processes in order for small stuff like puns. Puns are one of my favorite types of jokes and the article demonstrated interesting knowledge about how the left hemisphere is dominant when processing puns. 

This pun meme always gets me.

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I've heard that the different hemispheres of the brain work to process different things, but I never guessed that it would take both to understand a pun. When looking at some of these pun memes, I feel like I almost pause after reading the top words in anticipation for the climax of the joke. But through this article, I see that the pause may be more in my mind than I thought. 

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I took a Philosophy of comedy class and the reading reflected what I learned perfectly. We then do find things funny when there is a subversion of expectation. This means, when you expect to expect one thing but get the complete opposite. Word puns are like that because we are familiar with these words but we have that innate response of humor when we realize the incongruity. 

I found this article interesting because of the application that these findings have on treatment for brain injury. It's a pretty neat thought to be able restore someone's sense of humor. 

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