Big Words, Halved Brains and Small Worlds: Complex Brain Networks of Figurative Language Comprehension

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 6; no. 4; p. e19345
• Main Authors: Arzouan, Yossi, Solomon, Sorin, Faust, Miriam, Goldstein, Abraham
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 27.04.2011; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Biology; Brain; Brain - physiology; Brain research; Comprehension; Consciousness; Dyslexia; EEG; Electroencephalography; Feedback; Feedback loops; German language; Graph theory; Humans; Language; Medicine; Memory; Metaphor; Natural language; Negative feedback; Networks; Neural networks; Phonetics; Reading; Rhetorical figures; Semantics; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Studies; Theory; Trends; Jerusalem Israel; Israel

Language comprehension is a complex task that involves a wide network of brain regions. We used topological measures to qualify and quantify the functional connectivity of the networks used under various comprehension conditions. To that aim we developed a technique to represent functional networks...