To recognize ironic sarcasm, adults may rely on either of 2 cues: the context in which the utterance is made, or the speaker's intonation. In 2 experiments comparing third graders (8-9 years old), ...

Can we ever expect artificial intelligence capable of sarcasm? The fictional examples are tantalizing: In Spike Jonze’s Her, Scarlett Johansson's Samantha is more cheeky than her human companion.

And while some “irony” is “sarcasm,” it’s a more subtle sarcasm, because it’s mostly directed at things, not people. One definition of “irony” is the contrast between what a character in a movie, play ...

Researchers say their new algorithm trained on a database of TV show clips can detect sarcasm 75% of the time.

A new study by Israeli psychologists, using patients with damage to different parts of their brains, details an "anatomy of sarcasm" to explain how the mind puts sharp-edged words into context.

What exactly is irony? Explaining different types of irony, plus funny real-life examples of irony that show life is stranger than fiction.

Whether animals can express sarcasm is contested, but certainly humans’ use of sarcasm is so pervasive that it is unrivaled amongst species. From People Magazine to the Bible, cited examples of ...

For the last week I challenged myself to be completely and utterly free of sarcasm, and wow, was it easy! Just kidding — that was sarcasm. Although this was a fairly difficult challenge, at leas… ...