Right hemisphere sensitivity to novel metaphoric relations: Application of the signal detection theory - Mashal, N.; Faust, M. (Brain and language, 2008)
Keywords: Adult; Analysis of Variance; Anatomical correlates of behavior; Behavioral psychophysiology; Biological and medical sciences; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Cerebral Dominance; Criterion; Figurative Language; Functional Laterality; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hemispheres; Humans; Israel; Language Processing; Metaphor; Metaphors; Psycholinguistics; Psychological Theory; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Reaction Time; Salience; Semantic Relations; Semantics; Semiotics; Sensitivity; Signal Detection; Signal Detection, Psychological; Visual Stimulation; Israel; Hemispheres; Sensitivity; Metaphors; Criterion; Salience; Signal detection; Human; Semantic relation; Hemispheric specialization; Central nervous system; Cognition; Metaphor; Encephalon; Language; Cerebral hemisphere; Laterality