Neural networks for sentence comprehension and production: An ALE‐based meta‐analysis of neuroimaging studies

M Walenski, E Europa, D Caplan… - Human brain …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Comprehending and producing sentences is a complex endeavor requiring the coordinated
activity of multiple brain regions. We examined three issues related to the brain networks …

Looking at the brains behind figurative language—A quantitative meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies on metaphor, idiom, and irony processing

IC Bohrn, U Altmann, AM Jacobs - Neuropsychologia, 2012 - Elsevier
A quantitative, coordinate-based meta-analysis combined data from 354 participants across
22 fMRI studies and one positron emission tomography (PET) study to identify the …

Bibliometric assessment of world scholars' international publications related to conceptual metaphor

Y Han, Z Peng, H Chen - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Research on metaphor has gained increasing attention of world's scholars since the
publication of Lakoff and Johnson's collaborated book Metaphors We Live By in 1980. The …

Where in the brain is nonliteral language? A coordinate-based meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging studies

AM Rapp, DE Mutschler, M Erb - Neuroimage, 2012 - Elsevier
An increasing number of studies have investigated non-literal language, including
metaphors, idioms, metonymy, or irony, with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) …

Factors influencing right hemisphere engagement during metaphor comprehension

MT Diaz, A Eppes - Frontiers in psychology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Although the left hemisphere is critical for language, clinical, behavioral, and neuroimaging
research suggest that the right hemisphere also contributes to language comprehension. In …

The role of the right hemisphere in metaphor comprehension: A meta‐analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging studies

J Yang - Human brain map**, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The role of the right hemisphere (RH) in metaphor comprehension is still controversial.
Numerous neuroimaging studies have found that conventionality, sentential context, and …

Neural correlates of combinatorial semantic processing of literal and figurative noun noun compound words

B Forgács, I Bohrn, J Baudewig, MJ Hofmann, C Pléh… - Neuroimage, 2012 - Elsevier
The right hemisphere's role in language comprehension is supported by results from several
neuropsychology and neuroimaging studies. Special interest surrounds right …

Killing a novel metaphor and reviving a dead one: ERP correlates of metaphor conventionalization

A Goldstein, Y Arzouan, M Faust - Brain and language, 2012 - Elsevier
Novel metaphors are constantly created and some of them become conventional with
repeated use. We investigated whether the processing of novel metaphors, as revealed in …

Rigidity, chaos and integration: hemispheric interaction and individual differences in metaphor comprehension

M Faust, YN Kenett - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Neurotypical individuals cope flexibly with the full range of semantic relations expressed in
human language, including metaphoric relations. This impressive semantic ability may be …

A quantitative meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies of pragmatic language comprehension: in search of a universal neural substrate

A Reyes-Aguilar, E Valles-Capetillo, M Giordano - Neuroscience, 2018 - Elsevier
Pragmatics may be defined as the ability to communicate by expressing and recognizing
intentions. The objective of this meta-analysis was to identify neural substrates for …