Sunday, May 29, 2005

Sarcasm is a higher order brain function... really

The above article from the BBC shows a lovely infographic depicting the cognitive interaction that goes into understanding sarcasm:


So... difficult to understand...

From this awesome graphic and article, it clearly delineates that people that don't understand sarcasm are complete idiots who cannot use their brain in a holistic or interconnected manner.

Personally, I think that the areas of the brain are far less important than the actual processes (literal interpretation, physical reality and context as well as the discrepancy between the semantics and context), but the article quickly shows that multiple processes are occuring through complex social-cognitive interplay...

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