Immediate online use of prosody reveals the ironic intentions of a speaker: neurophysiological evidence.
In social interactions, speakers often use their tone of voice ("prosody") to communicate their interpersonal stance to pragmatically mark an ironic intention (e.g., sarcasm). The neurocognitive effects of prosody as listeners process ironic statements in real time are still poorly understood. In th...
| Publicado en: | Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 74 - 93 |
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Springer Nature
Feb2021
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