TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of emotional valence on hemispheric processing of metaphoric word pairs
AU - Mashal, Nira
AU - Itkes, Oksana
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - Recent theories of metaphor comprehension discuss the cognitive substrates involved in processing metaphors. However, the role of valence perception during metaphor comprehension has received little attention. The present study aims to examine the effect of emotional valence on metaphor processing, as well as the interaction between this effect and hemispheric differences. Metaphoric, literal, and meaningless word pairs were presented to 43 participants who performed a semantic judgment task. Results showed that processing of metaphors with negative valence was faster when done in the right hemisphere as compared with the left hemisphere. These findings indicate that emotional valence interacts with cognitive processes of metaphor comprehension. We discuss valence with respect to the class inclusion model and the fine versus coarse semantic coding model of metaphor processing.
AB - Recent theories of metaphor comprehension discuss the cognitive substrates involved in processing metaphors. However, the role of valence perception during metaphor comprehension has received little attention. The present study aims to examine the effect of emotional valence on metaphor processing, as well as the interaction between this effect and hemispheric differences. Metaphoric, literal, and meaningless word pairs were presented to 43 participants who performed a semantic judgment task. Results showed that processing of metaphors with negative valence was faster when done in the right hemisphere as compared with the left hemisphere. These findings indicate that emotional valence interacts with cognitive processes of metaphor comprehension. We discuss valence with respect to the class inclusion model and the fine versus coarse semantic coding model of metaphor processing.
KW - Divided visual field
KW - Emotion lateralization
KW - Hemispheric asymmetry
KW - Metaphors
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84902551233&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1357650x.2013.862539
DO - 10.1080/1357650x.2013.862539
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C2 - 24328525
SN - 1357-650X
VL - 19
SP - 511
EP - 521
JO - Laterality
JF - Laterality
IS - 5
ER -