[Verbal irony and high intellectual capacity: comparative approach (7-9 years)].

Introduction: The neurobiological potentiality of cognitive resources in High Intellectual Ability (HIA) involves complex cognition and representation of the world. This is related to language and figurative language. Competence in figurative language and its forms, such as verbal irony, is an understudied aspect of High Intellectual Ability that could provide a broader understanding of the abilities that constitute it, compared to the development of typical intelligence.