Neurocognitive mechanisms of figurative language processing-Evidence from clinical dysfunctions

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1182-1205

  Thoma, Patrizia ^a   Daum, Irene ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Figurative language; Idioms; Proverbs; Right hemisphere; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTISM; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; THEORY;

COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33845216155     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2006.09.001     Document Type: Review

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