The Importance of Being Apt: Metaphor Comprehension in Alzheimer's Disease

We investigated the effect of aptness in the comprehension of copular metaphors (e.g., Lawyers are sharks) by Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) patients. Aptness is the extent to which the vehicle (e.g., shark) captures salient properties of the topic (e.g.,lawyers). A group of AD patients provided interpret...

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Main Authors: Carlos eRoncero, Roberto G. de Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00973/full