An fMRI investigation of analogical mapping in metaphor comprehension: The influence of context and individual cognitive capacities on processing demands

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 282-294

  Prat, Chantel S ^a   Mason, Robert A ^b   Just, Marcel Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogical reasoning; FMRI; Metaphor; Right hemisphere; Working memory

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDIVIDUALITY; LITERATURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VASCULARIZATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METAPHOR; OXYGEN; REACTION TIME; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84863603884     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026037     Document Type: Article

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