The Elephant in the Room: A Systematic Review of Stimulus Control in Neuro-Measurement Studies on Figurative Language Processing

• Published in: Frontiers in human neuroscience Vol. 15; p. 791374
• Main Authors: Koller, Sina, Müller, Nadine, Kauschke, Christina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 21.01.2022; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Brain research; EEG; Familiarity; figurative language; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Human Neuroscience; idiom; Information processing; Language; Linguistics; Metaphor; neuro-imaging; neurolinguistics; Positron emission tomography; Research methodology; review; Reviews; Stimulus control; Subconscious; Systematic review; Terminology; metaphor; neurolinguistics; neuro-imaging; review; research comparability; idiom; stimulus control; figurative language

The processing of metaphors and idioms has been the subject of neuroscientific research for several decades. However, results are often contradictory, which can be traced back to inconsistent terminology and stimulus control. In this systematic review of research methods, we analyse linguistic aspec...