News tagged with sarcasm
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.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Inability to detect sarcasm, lies may be early sign of dementia, study shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- By asking a group of older adults to analyze videos of other people conversing -- some talking truthfully, some insincerely -- a group of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco has determined ...
Apr 15, 2011 |
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Do children understand irony?
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study reveals 4-year-old children understand and can even use certain types of irony. The study was published in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology by Stephanie Alexander, a PhD ...
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Sep 13, 2010 |
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High court troubled by warrantless GPS tracking (Update)
The Supreme Court invoked visions of an all-seeing Big Brother and satellites watching us from above. Then things got personal Tuesday when the justices were told police could slap GPS devices on their cars ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Users complain iPhone clock bungles time change
(AP) -- It's hard enough to get your bearings when the time changes twice a year. It's all but impossible when your phone starts playing tricks on you, too.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 14, 2011 |
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To LOL, or not LOL? That is the question
(AP) -- There was a time when LOL - "laughing out loud" - was so simple.
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Chatbot auto-tweets replies to climate change arguments
(PhysOrg.com) -- A software developer has created a "chatbot" program for Twitter to automatically detect set phrases associated with arguments put forward by those skeptical of anthropogenic global warming, ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Gossip in the workplace: A weapon or gift
Gossip in the workplace can be a weapon in reputational warfare or a gift and can offer clues to power and influence not found on organizational charts. New research from Indiana University details how the ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Court rejects cap on cable market share -- again
(AP) -- An appeals court overturned a rule that said a cable TV company could not serve more than 30 percent of the nation's subscribers. The verdict Friday was a victory for the largest cable company, Comcast Corp., which ...
Aug 28, 2009 |
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Perfect Pitch: Language Wins Out Over Genetics
Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Sinatra and Hendrix -- these and many other of the world's most famous musicians have had "perfect" or "absolute" pitch. The ability, defined as recognizing the pitch of a musical note ...
May 19, 2009 |
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Teaching autistic teens to make friends
During the first week of class, the teens' eyes were downcast, their responses were mumbled and eye contact was almost nonexistent. By Week 12, though, these same kids were talkative, responsive and engaged.
Apr 07, 2009 |
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How to improve email communication: Developing strategies to mimic face-to-face interactions
In a new article in the current issue of American Journal of Sociology authors Daniel A. Menchik and Xiaoli Tian (both of the University of Chicago) study how we use emoticons, subject lines, and signatures to define how we ...
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Oh, what a feeling! Brain-injured recover emotional perception skills
People who have lost the ability to interpret emotion after a severe brain injury can regain this vital social skill by being re-educated to read body language, facial expressions and voice tone in others, according to a ...
Nov 20, 2008 |
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