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Can sarcasm make you more creative?

Eric Barker
November 18, 2011

Just hearing sarcasm helped students solve problems more creatively:

From Smithsonian Magazine:

Sarcasm seems to exercise the brain more than sincere statements do. Scientists who have monitored the electrical activity of the brains of test subjects exposed to sarcastic statements have found that brains have to work harder to understand sarcasm.

That extra work may make our brains sharper, according to another study. College students in Israel listened to complaints to a cellphone companyâs customer service line. The students were better able to solve problems creatively when the complaints were sarcastic as opposed to just plain angry. Sarcasm âappears to stimulate complex thinking and to attenuate the otherwise negative effects of anger,â according to the study authors.

And:

Sarcasm so saturates 21st-century America that according to one study of a database of telephone conversations, 23 percent of the time that the phrase âyeah, rightâ was used, it was uttered sarcastically. Entire phrases have almost lost their literal meanings because they are so frequently said with a sneer. âBig deal,â for example. Whenâs the last time someone said that to you and meant it sincerely? âMy heart bleeds for youâ almost always equals âTell it to someone who cares,â and âArenât you specialâ means you arenât.

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Title Can sarcasm make you more creative?
Author Eric Barker
Date November 18, 2011 9:43 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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