Brainwaves are stethoscopes: ERP correlates of novel metaphor comprehension

Brain Research

Volumn 1160, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-81

  Arzouan, Yossi ^a   Goldstein, Abraham ^a   Faust, Miriam ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

ERP; Hemispheric difference; Metaphoric language; N400

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; STETHOSCOPE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METAPHOR; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; STETHOSCOPES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447310850     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.05.034     Document Type: Article

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