<figure class="fr-image-container fr-full"><img srcset="https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/30548/4530471981_f42ec96427-s.webp 480w, https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/30548/4530471981_f42ec96427-m.webp 660w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 480px, 660px" src="https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/30548/4530471981_f42ec96427-s.jpg" title="4530471981_f42ec96427.jpg" loading="lazy" data-id="30548"><figcaption class="fr-figcaption"><p class="fr-caption"></p></figcaption></figure><p><strong>The effect of humor on memory: constrained by the pun. </strong> "In a series of experiments, we investigated the effect of pun humor on memory. In all experiments, the participants were exposed to knock-knock jokes in either the original form retaining the pun or in a modified form that removed the pun. In Experiment 1, the authors found that pun humor improved both recall and recognition memory following incidental encoding. In Experiment 2, they found evidence that rehearsal is not the cause of the humor effect on memory. In Experiments 3 and 4, the authors found that the constraints imposed by puns and incongruity may account for the humor effects observed. Puns constrain and limit the information that can fit in the final line of a joke and thus make recall easier." <strong>|</strong><strong> Bonus table from the full text:</strong></p><div class="vert-display-toggle collapsible relative flex flex-col items-center "><div class="vert-unit mt-4 mb-3 top-20"><div ad-type="mobile-desktop" class="ad-wrapper vert min-h-boombox flex items-start justify-center" data-ad-mapping="inline" data-ad-slot="Discover/inline-ad" id="div-inline-ad-0"></div></div><span aria-label="Advertisement" class="text-ad mt-1 text-[11px] uppercase">Advertisement</span></div><figure class="fr-image-container fr-full"><img srcset="https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/30549/example_jokes-s.webp 480w, https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/30549/example_jokes-m.webp 660w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 480px, 660px" src="https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/30549/example_jokes-s.jpg" title="example_jokes.png" loading="lazy" data-id="30549"><figcaption class="fr-figcaption"><p class="fr-caption"></p></figcaption></figure><p><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21086859" title=""></a></p><figure class="fr-image-container fr-full"><img srcset="https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/30550/pun_memory-s.webp 480w, https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/30550/pun_memory-m.webp 660w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 480px, 660px" src="https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/30550/pun_memory-s.jpg" title="pun_memory.png" loading="lazy" data-id="30550"><figcaption class="fr-figcaption"><p class="fr-caption"></p></figcaption></figure><p><em>Photo: flickr/</em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sas4z/4530471981/" title="">sastafford</a></p><div data-embedid="4b651d8f-ea11-445f-9ea7-e776ca36eef3" id="insticator-embed-temp"></div><p> Related content: Discoblog: <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/11/23/ncbi-rofl-aggression-inhibiting-influence-of-sexual-humor/" title="">NCBI ROFL: Aggression-inhibiting influence of sexual humor.</a></p><p> Discoblog: <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/11/08/ncbi-rofl-laughing-at-yourself-youre-doing-it-wrong/" title="">NCBI ROFL: “Laughing at yourself”: you’re doing it wrong.</a></p><p> Discoblog: <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/06/07/ncbi-rofl-humor-and-death-a-qualitative-study-of-the-new-yorker-cartoons-1986-2006/" title="">NCBI ROFL: Humor and death: a qualitative study of The New Yorker cartoons (1986-2006).</a></p><p> WTF is NCBI ROFL? Read our <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/01/12/ncbi-rofl-hello-world/" title="">FAQ</a></p><p>!</p>

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The effect of humor on memory: constrained by the pun. "In a series of experiments, we investigated the effect of pun humor on memory. In all experiments, the participants were exposed to knock-knock jokes in either the original form retaining the pun or in a modified form that removed the pun. In Experiment 1, the authors found that pun humor improved both recall and recognition memory following incidental encoding. In Experiment 2, they found evidence that rehearsal is not the cause of the humor effect on memory. In Experiments 3 and 4, the authors found that the constraints imposed by puns and incongruity may account for the humor effects observed. Puns constrain and limit the information that can fit in the final line of a joke and thus make recall easier." | Bonus table from the full text: Photo: flickr/sastafford Related content: Discoblog: NCBI ROFL: Aggression-inhibiting influence of sexual humor. Discoblog: NCBI ROFL: “Laughing at yourself”: you’re doing it wrong. Discoblog: NCBI ROFL: Humor and death: a qualitative study of The New Yorker cartoons (1986-2006). WTF is NCBI ROFL? Read our FAQ !

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