Processing of metaphoric and non-metaphoric alternative meanings of words after right- and left-hemispheric lesion

Brain and Language

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-226

  Gagnon, Louise ^a,b   Goulet, Pierre ^b   Giroux, Francine ^b   Joanette, Yves ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain damaged; Metaphor; Right hemisphere

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; READING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0142247371     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00057-9     Document Type: Article

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