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The Anatomy of Sarcasm: Researchers Reveal How the Brain Handles This Complex Communication
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).
http://www.apa.org/releases/sarcasm.html
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