Right hemisphere sensitivity to novel metaphoric relations: Application of the signal detection theory

• Published in: Brain and language Vol. 104; no. 2; pp. 103 - 112
• Main Authors: Mashal, N., Faust, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Diego, CA Elsevier Inc 01.02.2008; Elsevier
• Subjects: 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

The present study used the signal detection theory to test the hypothesis that the right hemisphere (RH) is more sensitive than the left hemisphere (LH) to the distant semantic relations in novel metaphoric expressions. In two divided visual field experiments, sensitivity ( d′) and criterion ( β) we...