Canadian scientist discovers, after aging when people, sense of humor won't be injured, the savvy that is the jest with old people more complex contrast only is met somewhat abate.
The psychologist of Toronto city did a test recently, whether is the sense of humor that studies a person met as the age age and reduce. The old people that they chose 20 average ages 73 years old and 17 average ages youth of 28 years old, ask all people must complete 3 humorous tests. In the first test, researcher shows 28 words to them, letting them what single out is humorous word, humour is if having 3/4 among them.
In the 2nd test, the jest that researcher asks they were not told for 16 chooses coda, for instance, the begin of a jest is such: Of a Sunday midday, smith's neighbour will in Home Smith follow him to greet sb: “ hey, smith, should you weed with yours this afternoon machine? ”“ yes, I want to use. Smith is not ” to often answer the person that says …… asks to attend an experiment next carefully to single out an ending that regards this as jest from inside 4 option, make a complete joke thereby. These 4 option are: A, “ that is too good, you do not play golf for certain afternoon, the ball lever that I think to borrow you is used with ” ; Face of B, neighbour fishily went away; C, “ is good, then I can be after you are gone, borrow with? ” ; Bird of D, “ group the grass that always eats me is planted, besides borrow weed machine, I do not have other measure. The answer of ” humour should be A.
In the 3rd test, testee observes 10 different cartoon, each cartoon includes 4 similar a miniature reproduction of a painting, have a detail that has humour only among them, the person that joins an experiment must single out a that when have humorous detail.
Scientist discovery, old people counteracts a youth to be behaved euqally well in the first humorous test, but be in other the wrong and apparent increase that appears in two tests. The thinking ability that investigator considers as old people drops brought about this one result, and the humorous affection reaction that consenescence did not affect old people, after old people sees joke still can belly laugh. This one discovery is very important, because sense of humor can improve the quality of the life, alleviate pressure, help consenescence of old people antagonism. Old people can maintain the life quality with higher to maintaining sense of humor to have main effect.
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