title: Spontaneous humor among right hemisphere stroke survivors.
abstract: We analyzed spontaneous conversational humor production and response among 11 right hemisphere-damaged (RHD) patients, 10 left hemisphere-damaged (LHD) patients, 7 normal controls (NC), and their spouses. RHD patients and their spouses reported a statistically significant decline in the patients' orientation to humor post-stroke. Also, we found a significant positive association between a RHD patient's ability to decode prosody and their self-reported orientation to humor post-stroke.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236, Riad El Solh Beirut 1107-2020, Lebanon. rlheath@aub.edu.lb
authors.forename: Robin L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Heath
authors.forename: Lee X
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Blonder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012919:Social Behavior; D020521:Stroke / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic