Neural substrates of figurative language during natural speech perception: an fMRI study

Many figurative expressions are fully conventionalized in everyday speech. Regarding the neural basis of figurative language processing, research has predominantly focused on metaphoric expressions in minimal semantic context. It remains unclear in how far metaphoric expressions during continuous te...

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Main Authors: Arne eNagels, Christina eKauschke, Judith eSchrauf, Carin eWhitney, Benjamin eStraube, TIlo eKircher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00121/full