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Sarcasm and the Brain: Look at the Right Prefrontal Cortex (continued)
Following up on an earlier post of mine from the 2nd of May --- Sarcasm and the Brain: Look at the Right Prefrontal Cortex --- I note that the publisher of the journal that this research appeared in is offering online its full-text content:
S.G. Shamay-Tsoory, PhD, and R. Tomer, PhD, Rambam Medical Center and University of Haifa, and J. Aharon-Peretz, MD, Rambam Medical Center;
The Neuroanatomical Basis of Understanding Sarcasm and Its Relationship to Social Cognition. Neuropsychology, Vol. 19, No. 3.
Full text of the article is available from the American Psychological Association's Public Affairs Office or at http://www.apa.org/journals/releases/neu193288.pdf
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Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain
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