Selective Metaphor Impairments After Left, Not Right, Hemisphere Injury

The relative contributions of the left and right hemispheres to the processing of metaphoric language remains unresolved. Neuropsychological studies of brain-injured patients have motivated the hypothesis that the right hemisphere plays a critical role in understanding metaphors. However, the data a...

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Main Authors: Eileen R. Cardillo, Marguerite McQuire, Anjan Chatterjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02308/full