The ability to comprehend sarcasm depends upon a carefully orchestrated sequence of complex cognitive skills based in specific parts of the brain. Yeah, right, and I'm the Tooth Fairy. But it's true: ...

Maybe Mary Helen Immordino-Yang would get clearer results in her studies of people with half a brain (12 July, p 44) if she drew a clearer distinction between phenomena purely to do with intonation or ...

In another study conducted at MIT, two groups of participants (professional designers and improv comedians) were asked to brainstorm ideas. Improv artists generated 20% more ideas than the designers ...