Humor can improve memory:
This would explain why so many advertisers spend a great deal of time and money on funny ads and gimmicks. It might also explain why so many of our favorite teachers also happened to be funny. We were learning while we laughed and it didn't hurt a bit!
Humor can also help us be more creative:
Often humor makes us look at ourselves or our world in a slightly different way which can be both enlightening and challenging to our brains.
