Beyond laterality: A critical assessment of research on the neural basis of metaphor

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Schmidt, Gwenda L ^a   Kranjec, Alexander ^a   Cardillo, Eileen R ^a   Chatterjee, Anjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Career of metaphor; Figurative language; Novelty; Right hemisphere; Salience

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149158132     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617709990543     Document Type: Review

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