Comedians share similar personalities with mad people – Researchers

�Researchers from Oxford University and Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust say manic thinking helps join together ridiculous ideas that spark humour.The ability to make people laugh comes from a�personality�of the kind displayed by those with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

Historically, the creativity of�painters�and playwrights has been linked to madness, but now British experts have found a link with comedians.

The stand-ups of a modern era are likely to have�greater�levels of extraversion � a form of impulsiveness � yet be more depressive and unsociable at the same time.Madcap antics may be part of a comedian’s on-stage persona.But the madness may not be just an act, say researchers.