Studies have shown that cognitive fatigue is due to a failure of the non-motor function of the basal ganglia, a group of
subcortical nuclei in the deep brain.
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In particular, aerobic capacity has been associated with greater gray matter volume in frontal regions (premotor cortex and supplementary motor cortex),
subcortical regions (hippocampus and caudate
nucleus), temporal regions (inferior temporal gyrus and parahippocampal gyrus) and the calcarine cortex.
Here we demonstrate that humor modulates activity in several cortical regions, and we present new evidence that humor engages a network of
subcortical regions including the
nucleus accumbens, a key component of the mesolimbic dopaminergic reward system.