The relative contributions of the left and right hemispheres to the processing of metaphoric
language remains unresolved. Neuropsychological studies of brain-injured patients have …

This study investigated metaphor comprehension in the broader context of task-difference
effects and manipulation of processing difficulty. We predicted that right hemisphere …

Despite the prevalent and natural use of metaphor in everyday language, the neural basis of
this powerful communication device remains poorly understood. Early studies of brain …

Despite the ubiquity of metaphor in cognition and communication, it is absent from standard
clinical assessments of language, and the neural systems that support metaphor processing …

The role of the two hemispheres in processing metaphoric language is controversial. While
some studies have reported a special role of the right hemisphere (RH) in processing …

Although the left hemisphere's prominence in language is well established, less emphasis
has been placed on possible roles for the right hemisphere. Behavioral, patient, and …

The role of the right hemisphere (RH) in metaphor comprehension is still controversial.
Numerous neuroimaging studies have found that conventionality, sentential context, and …

It has been suggested that the right hemisphere (RH) has a privileged role in the processing
of figurative language, including metaphors, idioms, and verbal humor. Previous …

Metaphors are a fundamental aspect of human cognition. The major neuropsychological
hypothesis that metaphoric processing relies primarily on the right hemisphere is not …

In this study, we used a novel cognitive paradigm and event-related functional magnetic
resonance imaging (ER-fMRI) to investigate the neural substrates involved in processing …