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Distinguishing Lies from Jokes: Theory of Mind Deficits and Discourse Interpretation in Right Hemisphere Brain-Damaged Patients

Winner, Ellen; Brownell, Hiram; Happé, Francesca; Blum, Ari; Pincus, Donna (Brain and Language,, 1998-03)

Right-hemisphere brain damaged (RHD) patients and a normal control group were tested for their ability to infer first- and second-order mental states and to understand the communicative intentions underlying ironic jokes ...