"Humor helps you solve problems more effectively."
Neuroscientists observing the ability of subjects to solve word problems found that people were most likely to suddenly come up with answers if they were amused (having just watched a comedy routine). Study author Mark Beeman suggested that levity allows the brain to make more remote connections than it otherwise would, which helps us arrive at those moments of insight. While imaging the brains of subjects who were preparing to solve puzzles, his study also noted that the most successful subject's brains exhibited a state of positivity.
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