Title |
The role of left and right hemispheres in the comprehension of idiomatic language: an electrical neuroimaging study
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Published in |
BMC Neuroscience, September 2009
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2202-10-116 |
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Authors |
Alice M Proverbio, Nicola Crotti, Alberto Zani, Roberta Adorni |
Abstract |
The specific role of the two cerebral hemispheres in processing idiomatic language is highly debated. While some studies show the involvement of the left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG), other data support the crucial role of right-hemispheric regions, and particularly of the middle/superior temporal area. Time-course and neural bases of literal vs. idiomatic language processing were compared. Fifteen volunteers silently read 360 idiomatic and literal Italian sentences and decided whether they were semantically related or unrelated to a following target word, while their EEGs were recorded from 128 electrodes. Word length, abstractness and frequency of use, sentence comprehensibility, familiarity and cloze probability were matched across classes. |
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France | 1 | 25% |
Italy | 1 | 25% |
Unknown | 2 | 50% |
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Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 4 | 4% |
Germany | 3 | 3% |
Italy | 3 | 3% |
Brazil | 2 | 2% |
Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
Portugal | 1 | <1% |
Singapore | 1 | <1% |
Israel | 1 | <1% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 87 | 84% |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 25% |
Student > Master | 12 | 12% |
Researcher | 11 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 9 | 9% |
Professor | 8 | 8% |
Other | 23 | 22% |
Unknown | 15 | 14% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Psychology | 30 | 29% |
Linguistics | 14 | 13% |
Neuroscience | 10 | 10% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 10% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 10% |
Other | 13 | 13% |
Unknown | 17 | 16% |