The chapter examines the neuropsychological and brain-imaging literature on whether the comprehension of idiomatic expressions recruits both hemispheres or only the right hemisphere, as postulated by early models. Overall, the studies reviewed in the chapter show that patients not only rely on the right hemisphere to comprehend idioms. In addition, studies showed a bilateral involvement of regions of both hemispheres together with a specific contribution of the left hemishere to idiom comprehension.
Neuropsychological correlates of idiom understanding: How many hemispheres are involved? / Cacciari, C., C., P. - In: Neuropsychology of Language: Advances in the Neural Substrates of Language: Toward a Synthesis of Basic Science and Clinical Research / M Faust. - STAMPA. - New York : Wiley Blackwell, 2012. - ISBN 9781444330403. - pp. 368-384
Neuropsychological correlates of idiom understanding: How many hemispheres are involved?
CACCIARI, Cristina;
2012
Abstract
The chapter examines the neuropsychological and brain-imaging literature on whether the comprehension of idiomatic expressions recruits both hemispheres or only the right hemisphere, as postulated by early models. Overall, the studies reviewed in the chapter show that patients not only rely on the right hemisphere to comprehend idioms. In addition, studies showed a bilateral involvement of regions of both hemispheres together with a specific contribution of the left hemishere to idiom comprehension.
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