Irony comprehension: Social conceptual knowledge and emotional response

• Published in: Human brain mapping Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 1167 - 1178
• Main Authors: Akimoto, Yoritaka, Sugiura, Motoaki, Yomogida, Yukihito, Miyauchi, Carlos Makoto, Miyazawa, Shiho, Kawashima, Ryuta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2014; Wiley-Liss; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adolescent; amygdala; Biological and medical sciences; Brain - physiology; Central nervous system; Comprehension - physiology; Electrophysiology; Emotions - physiology; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Judgment - physiology; Knowledge; Language; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical sciences; Narration; Nervous system; Neural Pathways - physiology; Neuropsychological Tests; Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry; Reading; Social Perception; temporal lobe; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Visual Perception - physiology; Wit and Humor as Topic; Young Adult; Temporal lobe; Nervous system diseases; magnetic resonance imaging; Amygdala; Language; Radiodiagnosis; Perception; Comprehension; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; social perception; amygdala; temporal lobe; language

Verbal irony conveys various emotional messages, from criticism to humor, that differ from the meaning of the actual words. To understand irony, we need conceptual knowledge of irony in addition to an understanding of context. We investigated the neural mechanism of irony comprehension, focusing on...