For example, the following sentence lends itself to two possible interpretations: (1) Old men and women left the theater. What does “old” modify in this sentence? “Men” or “men and women”? In other ...

Explore the neural basis of humour, revealing how brain activation links to humor and semantic ambiguity in new fMRI studies. Previous studies, apparently, have shown that these kinds of jokes lead to ...

A study by a pair of University of Chicago psychologists has found that speakers systematically overestimate their ability to convey what they mean, even when they know that what they say is ambiguous ...