changes in the individuals life. Laughing and humour can be a substitute for the decrease in satisfaction by allowing individuals to feel better about their situations by alleviating the stress. This, in turn, can help them to maintain a sense of satisfaction towards their new and changing life style. Physiology In an article published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience, it is reported that a study's results indicate that humour is rooted in the frontal lobe of the cerebral cortex. The study states, in part:"Humour seems to engage a core network of cortical and subcortical structures, including temporo-occipito-parietal areas involved in detecting and resolving incongruity (mismatch between expected and presented stimuli); and the mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic system and the amygdala, key structures for reward and salience processing." Formula Humour can be verbal, visual, or physical. Non-verbal forms of communication–for example, music or visual art–can also be humorous. Root components Being reflective of or imitative of reality Surprise/misdirection, contradiction/paradox, ambiguity. Methods Farce Hyperbole Metaphor Pun Reframing Timing Behaviour, place and size Rowan Atkinson explains in his lecture in the documentary Funny Business that an object or a person can become funny in three ways: by behaving in an unusual way, by being in an unusual place, by being the wrong size. Most sight gags fit into one or more of these categories. Exaggeration Some theoreticians of the comic consider exaggeration to be a universal comic device. It may take different forms in different genres, but all rely on the fact that the easiest way to make things laughable is to exaggerate to the point of absurdity their salient traits. Taxonomy There are many taxonomies of humor; the following is used to classify humorous tweets in (Rayz 2012). Anecdotes Fantasy Insult Irony Jokes Observational Quote Role play Self-deprecation Vulgarity Word play Other Culture Different cultures have different typical expectations of humour so comedy shows are not always successful when transplanted into another culture. For example, a 2004 BBC News article discusses a stereotype among British comedians that Americans and Germans do not understand irony, and therefore UK sitcoms are not appreciated by them. See also American humor Australian humour British humour Canadian humour Deadpan Form-versus-content humour Gelotology, the study of laughing and laughter German humour Humour in translation Humour styles Jewish humour List of humorists Surreal humour Theories of humour References Further reading Alexander, Richard (1984), Verbal humor and variation in English: Sociolinguistic notes on