Reír para recordar: mejora de la memoria en relación con el humor

Anne-Lise Saive

doi:10.24215/2422572Xe125

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Anne-Lise Saive Université de Montreal (Canadá)

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https://doi.org/10.24215/2422572Xe125

Palabras clave:

risa, humor, cerebro humano, memoria, emociones positivas, redes cerebrales

Resumen

Las emociones positivas son valoradas y buscadas en nuestra vida diaria, pero aún no se comprende bien el rol funcional que juegan en la cognición humana. A pesar de ciertas similitudes, las emociones positivas y negativas parecen depender de vías neuronales distintas y, por tanto, podrían influir de manera diferente en funciones cognitivas como la memoria. En este artículo de revisión, se presentan los efectos cognitivos y los fundamentos neuronales de las emociones positivas, centrándose en las especificidades de las emociones inducidas por el humor. Posteriormente, se describe la influencia beneficiosa del humor sobre la memoria y se analizan los posibles mecanismos neuronales a través de los cuales el humor puede mejorar la memoria en el cerebro humano.

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Anne-Lise Saive, Université de Montreal (Canadá)

Anne-Lise SAIVE es becaria postdoctoral de FRQNT e IVADO, afiliada al MILA - Instituto de Inteligencia Artificial de Quebec. Trabaja en el Laboratorio de Neurociencia Computacional y Cognitiva (Universidad de Montreal) dirigido por el profesor Karim Jerbi. Tiene un perfil multidisciplinario, que combina conocimientos de vanguardia en ciencias cognitivas en materia de olfato, emoción y memoria, imágenes cerebrales y métodos analíticos basados en la neurociencia computacional y la inteligencia artificial. Su trabajo ha dado lugar a importantes descubrimientos sobre el funcionamiento del hipocampo y las cortezas sensoriales en el fenómeno Proust, es decir, la capacidad de los olores de traer a la memoria recuerdos muy vívidos y emotivos, llevándonos repentinamente a un tiempo y lugar concretos. En términos más generales, su experiencia le permite abordar retos muy interesantes y motivadores, como repensar los métodos de aprendizaje en situaciones de la vida real, o potenciar las experiencias sensoriales cotidianas para que sean más emotivas y memorables.

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