ההומור והקוגניציה: קשרים, השפעות ויישומים

The paper deals with the different bilateral relations between humor and cognition:humor depends on cognition, and cognition benefits from humor. The objective is to clarify that humor has important properties, advantages and applications in regard to cognition, beyond those that have been identified and are well-known in the domains of emotions, mental health and social behavior. The examined themes are the involvement of cognition in the understanding of every act of humor, applying specific cognitive strategies that enable comprehending humor, the relations between humor and brain activity, the impact of humor on specific cognitive acts such as creativity, the support of a specific cognitive structures in the humor action (the meaning profile), the ole of cognitive processes such as shifting, identifying he subject-matter in the grasping of humor and the contribution of humor for the development of cognitive processes and thing. The multiplicity of connections between humor and cognition supports the conclusion that humor can be considered as a characteristic component in the cognitive system and in certain individuals even as a sub-system in the cognitive system.