Discovery of Brain Areas That Understand Irony

"Scientists say they have located the parts of the brain that comprehend sarcasm - honestly. By comparing healthy people and those with damage to different parts of the brain, they found the front of the brain was a key to understanding irony. Damage to any of three different areas could render individuals unable to understand sarcastic comments."
BBC News

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3 comments

  1. sarah b says:
    May 23, 2005 at 12:26 pm

    Have you got a reference for this article, or a link? Thanks!

  2. Jeremy (PsyBlog author) says:
    May 23, 2005 at 12:33 pm

    Here you go: The Neuroanatomical Basis of Understanding Sarcasm and Its Relationship to Social Cognition

  3. sarah b says:
    June 1, 2005 at 8:34 am

    Fantastic! Thank you very much!

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