Sarcasm Meter

[Actual photoshop dissection]

Highest functions of brain produce lowest form of wit
The Guardian- 2005
David Adam (science correspondent)
Writing in the May issue of the journal Neuropsychology, Dr Shamay-Tsoory (psychologist at the Rambam Medical Centre in Haifa and the University of Haifa) proposes that there exists a three-stage neural pathway in our brains that enables us to understand irony.
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1. Left: literal
2. Front and right: Speaker’s intention (checking for contradictions of literal, social, and emotional context.)
3. Right ventromedial prefrontal cortex: Sarcasm meter (makes a decision based on our social and emotional knowledge of the situation.)

So, in order to tap into you wit, just think and speak out of your right ventromedial prefrontal cortex! (^_^)

* Brain image: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu