Metaphorically feeling: Comprehending textural metaphors activates somatosensory cortex

Brain and Language

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 416-421

  Lacey, Simon ^a   Stilla, Randall ^a   Sathian, K ^a,b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

FMRI; Grounded cognition; Parietal operculum; Tactile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARIETAL OPERCULUM; RESPONSE TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METAPHOR; PARIETAL LOBE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858007758     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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