Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5041150 Brain and Cognition 2017 8 Pages PDF
Abstract

•Brain electrical activity is measured before literal and metaphorical images.•Significant differences are found, especially in the initial stages.•Metaphoric images induce more negative amplitudes in early time-windows.•Greater relative activity is observed in the right hemisphere in visual metaphors.•Parallels can be observed between the processing of visual and verbal metaphors.

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