print email comment close The Anatomy of Sarcasm: Researchers Reveal How the Brain Handles This Complex Communication URL: http://www.apa.org/releases/sarcasm.html Description: Summary and full text of a paper that explores "the neurobiology of sarcasm and the cognitive processes underlying it by examining the performance of participants with focal lesions [brain damage] on tasks that required understanding of sarcasm and social cognition." The paper is fairly technical, but does include some introductory material about sarcasm (a form of irony). From Neuropsychology, a journal of the American Psychological Association (APA). Author: Shamay-Tsoory, S.G.; Tomer, R.; Aharon-Peretz, J. Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) Library of Congress Subject Headings: Cognition Irony Neuropsychology LII Database Information: Record 21669 created by Jennifer English on 05/25/2006 Last modification on 06/13/2006 Published: 06/15/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21669