Enhanced left frontal involvement during novel metaphor comprehension in schizophrenia: Evidence from functional neuroimaging

Brain and Language

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-74

  Mashal, N ^a   Vishne, T ^b   Laor, N ^c,d   Titone, D ^e  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

FMRI; Language; Lateralization; Novel metaphors; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LITERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRECUNEUS; READING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METAPHOR; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871713446     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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