迷你回顾:狂欢的笑声:幽默的原生和原生
Maria Elide Vanutelli1, Moritz M Daum2, Mirella Manfredi2
1Department of Psychology, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy; Department of Philosophy "Piero Martinetti", Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Neuroscience letters
|January 3, 2024
概括
这篇评论探讨了动物幽默,从简单的笑声到复杂的笑话. 它介绍了SPeCies (社会,生理和认知) 的观点,以了解跨物种的这些行为.
科学领域:
- 伦理学 伦理学 伦理学
- 动物行为 动物行为
- 比较心理学比较心理学
背景情况:
- 在各种非人类动物中观察到幽默和类似幽默的行为.
- 了解这些行为的演变和机制需要综合的视角.
研究的目的:
- 审查关于动物幽默和类似幽默行为的现有证据.
- 提出一个新的框架,SPeCies (社会,生理和认知) 视角,用于分析这些行为.
- 概述该领域未来的研究方向.
主要方法:
- 关于动物幽默的本体遗传学和遗传学研究的文献综述.
- 幽默类行为从简单到复杂的形式的分类.
- 基于社会,生理和认知因素的特异框架的开发.
主要成果:
- 动物的幽默类行为从基于游戏的互动到可能涉及社会认知的更复杂的形式.
- 动物幽默的视角提供了一种结构化的方法来理解动物幽默的驱动因素和表现.
- 有证据表明,在整个动物王国,幽默相关的行为是连续的.
结论:
- 动物幽默是一种复杂的现象,具有进化根源.
- 该SPeCies视角为未来对动物认知和社会行为的研究提供了有价值的工具.
- 需要进一步的研究,以充分阐明非人类动物中的幽默的本体生和分体生.
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