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The role of left and right hemispheres in the comprehension of idiomatic language: an electrical neuroimaging study

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Title
The role of left and right hemispheres in the comprehension of idiomatic language: an electrical neuroimaging study
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BMC Neuroscience, September 2009
DOI 10.1186/1471-2202-10-116
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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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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
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%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
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 %
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%
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