Distinction between the literal and intended meanings of sentences: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of metaphor and sarcasm

Cortex

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 563-583

  Uchiyama, Hitoshi T ^a,b   Saito, Daisuke N ^c   Tanabe, Hiroki C ^c   Harada, Tokiko ^d   Seki, Ayumi ^a,b   Ohno, Kousaku ^e   Koeda, Tatsuya ^a,b   Sadato, Norihiro ^b,c,f  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coherence; FMRI; Mentalizing; Metaphor; Pragmatics; Sarcasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LITERATURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METAPHOR; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84858451090     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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