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Alcoholic men demonstrate a deficit in empathy and distorted view of irony

Emotions are often implicit undertones to our communication interactions, and decoding them requires substantial social and cognitive abilities. Prior research has shown that chronic alcoholics often demonstrate impaired ...

Addiction created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

For children, some sarcastic comments can be lost in translation

(Medical Xpress) -- It turns out irony and sarcasm are completely lost on youth. Yeah, right.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast