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Schmidt, Gwen L.; DeBuse, Casey J.; Seger, Carol A. – Brain and Language, 2007
Previous laterality studies have implicated the right hemisphere in the processing of metaphors, however it is not clear if this result is due to metaphoricity per se or another aspect of semantic processing. Three divided visual field experiments varied metaphorical and literal sentence familiarity. We found a right hemisphere advantage for…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Familiarity, Sentences, Semantics