Subtext and Neurological Disorders
In Autism and Asperger Syndrome there is an impairment or absence in understanding subtext. For example, if a person says, "This bag is really heavy," the Autist will not understand that the person is subtly asking for assistance. In many cases of retardation, there is impairment or absence of understanding subtext. Sarcasm is a type of subtext, some of the ill stated above cannot fully understand it, An example is, "It's hard to decide what I love more about this restaurant, the bad service, the disgusting food or the nails on chalkboard music! " Yet sarcasm can in some cases be only identified by the tone of the voice. There are some Aspergers that can identify sarcasm almost like a regular person, but other kinds of subtext are invisible to them, such as understanding the motives of a person while he did a specific act, which is an impairment in the Theory of Mind.
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