Conventionalisation of novel metaphors: A shift in hemispheric asymmetry

Laterality

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 573-589

  Mashal, N ^a   Faust, M ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Categorisation; Novel metaphors; Right hemisphere

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LINGUISTICS; MENTAL FUNCTION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; THEORY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; COGNITION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METAPHOR; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

EID: 70450187405     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500902734645     Document Type: Article

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