Monday, December 15, 2008

Sarcasm Useful For Detecting Dementia

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 15, @12:28PM

from the yeah-that'll-work dept.
MedicineScience
An anonymous reader writes"Sarcasm may be the lowest form of wit, but Australian scientists are using it to diagnose dementia, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of New South Wales, found that patients under the age of 65 suffering from frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the second most common form of dementia, cannot detect when someone is being sarcastic."

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