The Omnibrain is a psychology graduate student at an online university. He hopes that the three weeks and $29.95 that he is spending on his Ph.D. will get him a job at a Tier 1 research university. Do online universities have postdocs? Ok...just kidding, he is really a Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology studying high level vision. You know... stuff like scene & object perception.
While not an official contributer to 'Of Two Minds,' Shelley's sidekick is an African Grey parrot named Pepper. His heros are Irene Pepperberg, Alex, and Rachel Carson. He spends his time learning Mandarin and writing the Great American novel.
This is actually pretty much the most useful and accurate infographic I've ever seen in my entire life. Thank goodness this appears on an article highlighting the brain region responsible for decoding sarcasm.
Now that you've seen this amazing infographic you know exactly how sarcasm happens in the brain and what area is responsible.... AND!!! that area is lighting up right now as you read this very deep and meaningful post. As a matter of fact after reading this post you might have an aneurysm originating in your right ventromedial prefrontal gyrus. I apologize for the brain deadness I might have caused from reading this post. However, it's not as bad as it could be... just read the bbc news article that the infographic came from ;)
I haven't had a chance to read the real journal article yet... maybe I'll do that and get back to you guys.
HT: Eamon
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Comments
So.. Which part of this brain is missing in fundamentalists? ;)
Posted by: Kagehi | June 3, 2008 2:17 PM
umm... i'd guess all of them are missing.
Posted by: Brian | June 4, 2008 1:30 PM
I sent the above cartoon over email to some neuroscientists, which is kinda ironic since sarcasm doesn't translate well across email.
Posted by: caynazzo | June 4, 2008 1:35 PM
I thought the brain area involved in sarcasm was "Shatner's Bassoon". Or maybe the Crockus.
Posted by: Michael Moncur | June 4, 2008 10:07 PM
Very nice.
Posted by: Arielsigma | August 14, 2008 12:50 PM