Metaphorical vs. literal word meanings: fMRI evidence against a selective role of the right hemisphere

NeuroImage

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 536-544

  Lee, Susan S ^a   Dapretto, Mirella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 30344441150     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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