Hemispheric differences in processing the literal interpretation of idioms: Converging evidence from behavioral and fMRI studies

Cortex

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 848-860

  Mashal, Nira ^a,c   Faust, Miriam ^a   Hendler, Talma ^b,c   Jung Beeman, Mark ^d  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; fMRI; Idioms; Literal; Salience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEMANTICS; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 44249096865     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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