ArticleBrain topography2025
Understanding Sarcasm's Neural Correlates Through a Novel fMRI Spanish Paradigm.
Article in Brain topography, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- The modulating role of memory load on language switching in sentence comprehension: evidence from eye movements.BMC psychology · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
There is growing interest in the neural network of pragmatic language and its potential overlap with the Theory of Mind (ToM) network. However, no Spanish-adapted fMRI tasks were used for studying sarcasm, the subtype of pragmatic language most related to ToM. Furthermore, stimuli used in prior studies often impose high cognitive demands, confounding its sarcasm brain representation with the executive network. We investigate the neural correlates of sarcasm in Spanish using a novel experimental paradigm designed to minimize cognitive load and enhance ecological validity. Eighteen healthy, right-handed participants underwent a 3T fMRI session with a sarcasm comprehension task. Brain activations analysed with SPM12 were calculated for sarcasm vs. literal contrast. Sarcasm activated the left temporo-parietal junction, Medial Prefrontal Cortex (BA 10), Left Inferior Frontal Gyrus (BA 45), Left Medial and Superior Temporal Gyrus (BA 21 & 22), and Left Temporal Pole (BA 38). Sarcasm comprehension involves an extensive fronto-temporal-parietal network, with prominent activation of ToM-related areas. These findings suggest an overlap between sarcasm and ToM networks, emphasizing the role of the medial prefrontal cortex in pragmatic language, the left inferior frontal gyrus in semantic integration, and the role of a left-lateralized frontotemporal network for sarcasm processing.
Indexed as
Identifiers
40448713What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.