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Metaphors are physical and abstract: ERPs to metaphorically modified nouns resemble ERPs to abstract language

Metaphorical expressions very often involve words referring to physical entities and experiences. Yet, figures of speech such as metaphors are not intended to be understood literally, word-by-word. We used event-related brain potentials (ERPs) to determine whether metaphorical expressions are proces...

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Autores principales: Forgács, Bálint, Bardolph, Megan D., Amsel, Ben D., DeLong, Katherine A., Kutas, Marta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4322728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25713520
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00028