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04-19-2017, 04:22 PM
The brain interprets sarcasm in emoji the same way as in words, study shows
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The brain interprets irony or sarcasm conveyed by an emoji (http://www.cogneurosociety.org/mycns/?page=poster_detail&id=10660) in the same way that sarcasm is conveyed verbally, according to a new report from researchers at the linguistics department of the University of Illi**is
SEE ALSO: You can **w manage your bank account with emojis (http://mashable.com/2017/03/10/capital-one-e**-sms-banking/)
Researchers measured brain activity of native English-speaking college students reading sentences using various emoji at the end. They read sentences with positive, negative or ironic emoji at the end.*
An example used in the study was "You are such a jerk" followed by smiling, frowning and winking emoji.*
The students then had to answer questions about how they interpreted the sentences.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/19/brain-interprets-sarcasm-emoji/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The brain interprets irony or sarcasm conveyed by an emoji (http://www.cogneurosociety.org/mycns/?page=poster_detail&id=10660) in the same way that sarcasm is conveyed verbally, according to a new report from researchers at the linguistics department of the University of Illi**is
SEE ALSO: You can **w manage your bank account with emojis (http://mashable.com/2017/03/10/capital-one-e**-sms-banking/)
Researchers measured brain activity of native English-speaking college students reading sentences using various emoji at the end. They read sentences with positive, negative or ironic emoji at the end.*
An example used in the study was "You are such a jerk" followed by smiling, frowning and winking emoji.*
The students then had to answer questions about how they interpreted the sentences.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/19/brain-interprets-sarcasm-emoji/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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