Faculty profile
Melanie Glenwright
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Latest papers
The importance of intonation for children's understanding of verbal irony.
Frontiers in psychology · 2025 · senior author
Humor Styles Predict Self-Reported Sarcasm Use in Interpersonal Communication.
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025 · senior author
Sarcasm use in Turkish: The roles of personality, age, gender, and self-esteem
PLoS ONE · 2022
Latest funding
- $74,833
Eye gaze can provide insight into children's theory of mind reasoning and moral judgments
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
6 publications.
The importance of intonation for children's understanding of verbal irony.
Smith J, Glenwright M
Humor Styles Predict Self-Reported Sarcasm Use in Interpersonal Communication.
McAuley L, Glenwright M
Sarcasm use in Turkish: The roles of personality, age, gender, and self-esteem
Natalia Banasik‐Jemielniak, Piotr Kałowski, Büşra Akkaya, Aleksandra Siemieniuk, Yasemin Abayhan, Duygu Kandemirci-Bayız, Ewa Marta Dryll, Katarzyna Branowska, Anna Olechowska, Melanie R. Glenwright, Maria Zajączkowska, Magdalena Rowicka, Penny M. Pexman
Developing Appreciation for Sarcasm and Sarcastic Gossip: It Depends on Perspective
Melanie R. Glenwright, Brent Tapley, Jacqueline Rano, Penny M. Pexman
Intonation influences how children and adults interpret sarcasm
Melanie R. Glenwright, JAYANTHI M. PARACKEL, Kristene Cheung, Elizabeth S. Nilsen
Development of children's ability to distinguish sarcasm and verbal irony*
Melanie R. Glenwright, Penny M. Pexman
Eye gaze can provide insight into children's theory of mind reasoning and moral judgments
Principal investigators: Glenwright, Melanie R.
Keywords: cognitive development; social cognition; theory of mind; moral judgment; eye gaze; intentions; mistakes; social skills; autism
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Penny Pexman and Penelope Pexman: 288 shared papers
- Penny Pexman and Melanie Glenwright: 3 shared papers
- Penelope Pexman and Melanie Glenwright: 3 shared papers
- Elizabeth Nilsen and Kristene Cheung: 1 shared paper
- Elizabeth Nilsen and Melanie Glenwright: 1 shared paper
- Kristene Cheung and Melanie Glenwright: 1 shared paper
- Department of Psychology
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