title: Differential bilateral involvement of the parietal gyrus during predicative metaphor processing: an auditory fMRI study.
abstract: Despite the growing literature on figurative language processing, there is still debate as to which cognitive processes and neural bases are involved. Furthermore, most studies have focused on nominal metaphor processing without any context, and very few have used auditory presentation. We therefore investigated the neural bases of the comprehension of predicative metaphors presented in a brief context, in an auditory, ecological way. The comprehension of their literal counterparts served as a control condition. We also investigated the link between working memory and verbal skills and regional activation. Comparisons of metaphorical and literal conditions revealed bilateral activation of parietal areas including the left angular (lAG) and right inferior parietal gyri (rIPG) and right precuneus. Only verbal skills were associated with lAG (but not rIPG) activation. These results indicated that predicative metaphor comprehension share common activations with other metaphors. Furthermore, individual verbal skills could have an impact on figurative language processing.
authors.affiliation: C2S Laboratory (EA6291), University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France. Electronic address: alexandre.obert@univ-reims.fr.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Obert
authors.affiliation: C2S Laboratory (EA6291), University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France; Adult Psychiatry Department, Robert Debré Hospital, Reims University Hospital, Reims, France.
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gierski
authors.affiliation: C2S Laboratory (EA6291), University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sébastopol Hospital, Reims University Hospital, Reims, France.
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Calmus
authors.affiliation: Imaging Department, Maison Blanche Hospital, Reims University Hospital, Reims, France; CReSTIC Laboratory (EA 3804), University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Portefaix
authors.affiliation: C2S Laboratory (EA6291), University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France.
authors.forename: Christelle
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Declercq
authors.affiliation: Imaging Department, Maison Blanche Hospital, Reims University Hospital, Reims, France.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pierot
authors.affiliation: C2S Laboratory (EA6291), University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France.
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Caillies
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D032882:Comprehension / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D019365:Metaphor; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D012660:Semantics; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Context-embedded; Predicative metaphors; Semantics; fMRI