They Just Don’t Understand Me, yeah, that’s it.
by MelissaMay 23rd, 2005 6:14 pm
I’ve always been curious about why some people “get” sarcasm and others don’t.
Seems that Israeli researchers might be onto something,
“People with prefrontal brain damage suffer from difficulties in understanding other people’s mental states, and they lack empathy,” said study co-author Simone Shamay-Tsoory, a researcher at the University of Haifa. “Therefore, they can’t understand what the speaker really is talking about, and get only the literal meaning.”
I’ve known a number of very intelligent people who don’t seem to catch sarcasm, so I’d be very curious to understand what else is impacted by this area of the brain.
Very interesting study.
