如果你给一位女士讲了个笑话，但得到的只是一个茫然的眼神，可别失望得太早。科研人员发现，尽管女性领会笑话比男性慢半拍，但一旦她们恍然大悟，会比男性更享受其中的乐趣。

    If you tell a woman a joke and get a blank look, do not immediately despair. She may just be taking her time to process the story. If the punch line does eventually make her laugh, it will be worth the wait. Scientists have found that while women are slower than men at getting jokes, they enjoy them more when the penny does drop.

    Research showed that women use their brain more than men to process quips and have less expectation that they will be funny. When a joke does hit the right note, however, they derive more pleasure from it.

    Researcher Allan Reiss said that the findings “fit the stereotype of how men and women react to humor. We found greater activity in the prefrontal cortex in women, indicating women are processing stimuli that involve language areas of the brain.”  The women took slightly longer than the men to react to funny jokes but were quicker to spot duds.