article_snippet.sent: Neuroscientists have identified the area of the brain that is the key to picking up on when someone is being sarcastic.
article_snippet.sent: Neuroscientists found that people with damage to the right sagittal stratum - a bundle of white matter that lies between the cerebral cortex and subcortical structures in the brain - are unable to detect sarcasm.
article_snippet.sent: Stroke patients with damage in the sagittal stratum in the right hemisphere of the brain (shown in the image above) were far poorer at detecting sarcasm when listening to sentences, according to the new research .
article_snippet.sent: Stroke survivors often suffer damage to this area of Stroke survivors brain and struggle to recognise when family and friends are being sarcastic.
article_snippet.sent: According to researchers at John Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore, the level of damage to this area of the brain (shown in the image above) seems to directly affect a persons ability to detect sarcasm.
article_snippet.sent: Few previous studies have identified brain lesions associated with impaired recognition of sarcasm. '
article_snippet.sent: Percent damage to the sagittal stratum had the greatest weight and was the only independent predictor of sarcasm recognition.'
article_snippet.sent: During their study, which is published in the journal Neurocase, the researchers took fMRI scans of the brains of 24 stroke patients while the researchers listened to 40 sentences of sincere or sarcastic speech.
article_snippet.sent: 24 stroke patients were asked to identify whether a sentence was sarcastic.
article_snippet.sent: Professor Hillis said the findings could be used to help patients who have suffered brain damage regain the ability to recognise sarcastic cues and help families communicate to families loved ones more effectively.
highlights_snippet.sent: Right sagittal stratum of brain is key to recognising sarcastic comments .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Neuroscientists at John Hopkins Medical School scanned the brains of 24 stroke patients and tested Neuroscientists at John Hopkins Medical School ability to detect sarcasm in 40 sentences .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The findings may help treat stroke patients who struggle to detect sarcasm .