Why a joker will always win the girl
WOMEN like to date men who make them laugh due to evolutionary differences hardwired into their brains, research has discovered.
Scientists found that women’s brains show greater activity than men’s in response to humour.
It is thought women use a man’s ability to make them laugh as a way to judge his genetic fitness as a suitable partner and potential father.
The study, by Stanford University School of Medicine, involved scanning the brains of 22 girls and boys, aged from six to 13 as they viewed funny videos.
During funny clips, girls' brains showed more heightened activity than the boys, the research, published in the journal Social Neuroscience, found.
Researchers said their findings suggest selecting a mate by responding to humour is more effective in women “because the female brain, and particularly the reward circuit, is biologically better prepared to respond accordingly”.