Objective: The comprehension of irony can be affected after brain injuries. The cognitive
mechanisms accounting for such disorders remain yet unclear. The heterogeneity of …

Background: Individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are known to have difficulty in
understanding non-literal language devices such as irony. There are at least two possible …

The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the degree of incongruity between
contextual information and a target sentence influences the extent to which irony is …

Objective: The present study examined verbal irony comprehension in 31 aMCI and 33
healthy control (HC) subjects. Although nonliteral language impairments have been …

Objective. The present study examined mentalizing capacities as well as the relative
implication of mentalizing in the comprehension of ironic and sincere assertions among 30 …

Although previous studies have examined irony comprehension in autistic children and
potential impact factors, the relationship between theory of mind (ToM), executive function …

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 …

Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) experience difficulty in comprehending
figurative language in general and irony in particular. The current study measured the …

In daily communication, we sometimes use ironic expressions to convey the opposite
meaning. To understand these contradictory statements, we have to infer contextual …

To understand implicit social meanings, the interaction of literal meanings and relevant
information in a situational context is important. However, previous studies have not …