A new study highlighted the mapping of kids' brains while they process humour - it occurs to me this might be the scientific equivalent of those people who help you out by explaining why something is funny - which makes it decidedly less funny. But let's put this in the "need to know" bucket.
"Humor is no joke when it comes to its effects on a child’s brain according to research from Stanford University.
“How you relate to peers, how you understand your peer group, how they relate to you, whether they are accepting of your participation, and humor definitely plays a role during childhood,” said Reiss. He believes that humor helps make people resilient, improving their ability to cope with stressful circumstances.
We've talked humour, actually a day doesn't go by where our team isn't bent over double laughing, but to get serious for a moment, ahem - we looked at humour and how it affects learning...And we had comedian/teacher Steve Brinder in to talk about it. It was...yes funny...and entertaining...and informative.
